Archaeologists Uncover Massive Stash of 2,000-Year-Old Coins

Archaeologists from the University of Haifa uncovered a 2,000-year-old stash of extremely rare coins while excavating a site in Israel’s Jordan Valley, Ancient Origins reported.

Researchers found 160 coins at the site, a surprisingly large quantity for this sort of discovery, while excavating an area along the Nirhal Tirzah. The ancient route led to the Alexandrion Fortress thousands of years ago; an outpost erected during the Hasmonean period in the first century B.C. 

The coins were...