A tiny, but extremely rare, gold coin dating back more than 2,200 years has been unearthed during an excavation within Jerusalem’s City of David National Park at the Givati Parking Lot. This is the first time that this type of coin has been found in a controlled archaeological context. The quarter-drachma coin, made of nearly […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
Archaeologists obtained new insights into early Southeast Asian trade and cultural connections through an extensive examination of silver coins dating to as early as the fourth century CE. Carrying distinctive Rising Sun and Srivatsa designs, the coins were widely in circulation across the region—from Vietnam to Bangladesh—demonstrating a level of economic integration that has rarely […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine