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Ancient earring found
Monday, 10 November 2008 - 5:01pm
In a statement released today, the authority said the piece is “astonishingly well-preserved.”
It was discovered during excavation of the ruins of a building from the Byzantine period, dating from around the fifth century AD.
The authority said the earring appears to have been crafted using a technique similar to that depicted in portraits from Roman-era Egypt.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
JERUSALEM—The Israel Antiquities Authority said archeologists have discovered a 2,000-year-old gold earring beneath a parking lot next to the walls of Jerusalem’s old city.
The authority said the earring is inlaid with pearls and emeralds, and was made sometime between the first century BC and the beginning of the fourth century AD.
It was discovered during excavation of the ruins of a building from the Byzantine period, dating from around the fifth century AD.
The authority said the earring appears to have been crafted using a technique similar to that depicted in portraits from Roman-era Egypt.
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Those treasures value must
Those treasures value must be priceless. I hope they would display these artifacts on a certain gallery. I really would love to these precious jewelry.
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This treauser must be
This treauser must be preserved the best as can, sadly the government it is not interesting on this kind of discovers, they are ocuppied given oportunities to new companies development and let this treasures be destroyed by them.
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