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  Medieval Coin Stashes by the Black Sea Hint at Prosperity Between Invasions

  Haaretz - Ruth Schuster

  How well-off were the people of medieval Phanagoria, betwixt and between invasions? Inquiring minds want to know. Actually the people may have been …

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  Archaeologists Pinpoint a Source of Roman Artillery Attack on Ancient Jerusalem

  Haaretz - Ruth Schuster

  In the year 70, Roman forces commanded by Titus besieged and then vanquished Jerusalem, destroying a third fortification wall begun decades earlier, …

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  Israeli Replica of 2,400-year-old Ship Solves Ancient Mediterranean Mystery

  Haaretz - Gid’on Lev

  The apostle Paul may be the most influential Jew in history. Many people believe that the apostle, rather than Jesus (whom he never actually met) …

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  Israeli Soldiers Accidentally Discover Byzantine Convent While Training, Again

  Haaretz - Ruth Schuster

  Such is Israel: littered with precious antiquities wherever you go. Build a road, plan a new neighborhood or just fire whatever the Israeli soldiers …

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  Archaeologists Discover Why Ancient Roman Dice Were So Dodgy

  Haaretz - Ariel David

  “The die is cast!” exclaimed Julius Caesar, as he crossed the Rubicon with his legions and sparked a civil war in his quest for absolute power. The …

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  Oldest Artifact Ever Found in Jerusalem, Revealed

  Haaretz - Ruth Schuster

  For the first time ever, or at least for the first time since the 1920s, an artifact from the Neolithic period, at least 7,000 years old, has been …