Located in Erzincan province on the historical Silk Road, the fortress is one of the most important Urartu settlements and an important center of the Eastern Roman Empire, also known as the Byzantine Empire.
Tourism and antiquities minister tells press that finds date back to Ptolemaic dynasty, which ruled Egypt for some 300 years, and the Late Period (664-332 BCE).
The coins, dating from the late 940s to the 970s CE, are found to be in excellent condition. This is the first time in 50 years that a gold cache from the Fatimid period has been discovered in Jerusalem's Old City.
Archaeologists are confident that church replaced open-air temple that was dedicated to the god Pan.
Researchers: Greek reference to Kfar Nefach bucks general belief that names are preserved in places that have been continuously populated for generations.
“We have the chance to explore the citadel from the perspective of modern archeologists" using advanced technology to render 3D images of the remains from each time period, archaeologist says.
Archaeologists also find a number of colorful, gilded wooden statues at rich ancient site.
The skeleton of the Allosaurus dinosaur, dug up in Wyoming three years ago, went to an unnamed foreign buyer.
Weight dating back 2,700 years was used by men and women in ancient Jerusalem before the advent of silver coinage.
The furnace used to process copper purchased from present-day Jordan may have been a local invention, but even if the technology was imported, Beersheba played an "important role in the global metal revolution," says Professor Erez Ben-Yosef of Tel Aviv University.
