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Gold Earring Dating Back Over 2,000 Years Discovered in the City of David

October 09, 2018

Gold Earring Dating Back Over 2,000 Years Discovered in the City of David

Jerusalem of Gold: The spectacular gold earring, shaped like a horned animal, dates back to the second or third century BCE, during the Hellenistic period.

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