10 Year Old Volunteer Discovers Ancient Coin in Israel

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   MikeAnd Schaefer

   September 28, 2015 at 5:48 am

   Interesting

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   Ken Ortman

   September 28, 2015 at 3:06 pm

   A coin from 1000 BC? Nonsense. Coins were not even invented until about 300 years later!

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   Bones Rhodes

   September 28, 2015 at 3:50 pm

   –so what was the inscription on the seal which would lead to the dating ?

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      Jerry

      September 29, 2015 at 2:40 pm

      Seals of similar style which were discovered in the past in other sites (e.g., Gezer and Bet Shemesh) were all dated to the 11th-10th centuries BCE.

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   Wayne

   September 29, 2015 at 9:12 pm

   David did not build a Temple. That was his son Solomon

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