Hundreds of ancient coins, oil lamps and gold jewelry have been discovered in Israel, mysteriously thrown away centuries ago in a Byzantine garbage dump. The excavation site is located on the ...

Ancient gold and silver jewelry has been unearthed from within ... According to written records from the 6th-century Byzantine historian Procopius of Caesarea, the Mangup region at the time ...

The exhibition has opened in Athens, highlighting the golden luxury of Byzantium, which served as an inspiration for Italian ...

The 44 solid gold coins dating back to the Byzantine era were discovered at the Hermon Stream Nature Reserve. Israel Antiquities Authority Israeli archaeologists have discovered a secret stash of ...

The sixth-century Byzantine historian Procopius of Caesarea ... pieces of belts and shoe buckles, and appliqué jewelry made from gold foil that would have been sewn on the collars of garments.

It appears to be from the Byzantine Empire ... The latest gold coin and other artifacts — including arrowheads, jewelry and pottery fragments — were found during excavations along what ...

Similar gold bands with ... Whoever owned the jewelry would have been a person of wealth and high status. Archaeologists discovered the ring at the site of a large Byzantine-era wine-making ...