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Asaf Peri \/ City of David<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Archaeologists have announced the discovery of a 2,300-year-old gold ring discovered in Jerusalem\u2019s City of David. The ring is small, most likely made for a child\u2019s finger, and is set with a garnet. It was uncovered by a joint excavation between the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) and Tel-Aviv University. Tehiya Gangate described the process of discovering the ring. \u201cI was sifting earth\u2026and suddenly saw something glitter. I immediately yelled, \u2018I found a ring, I found a ring!\u2019 Within seconds everyone gathered around me, and there was great excitement,\u201d she said.<\/a> She called the find \u201cemotionally moving\u201d and \u201cnot the kind you find every day.\u201d The ring is \u201cexceedingly well-preserved\u201d and was formed by \u201chammering thin pre-cut gold leaves onto a metal ring base.\u201d<\/p>\n

The ring dates from about the 3rd<\/sup> or 4th<\/sup> centuries BC, during the Persian and early Hellenistic periods of Jerusalem\u2019s history. Professor Yuval Gadot of Tel Aviv University said these types of discoveries have helped to establish Jerusalem as a major city, rather than the small town asserted by some scholars. \u201cWhereas in the past we found only a few structures and finds from this era, and thus most scholars assumed Jerusalem was then a small town, limited to the top of the southeastern slope (\u201cCity of David\u201d) and with relatively very few resources, these new finds tell a different story: The aggregate of revealed structures now constitute an entire neighborhood. They attest to both domestic and public buildings, and that the city extended from the hilltop westward. The character of the buildings\u2014and now of course, the gold finds and other discoveries\u2014display the city\u2019s healthy economy and even its elite status,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The ring will be one of the pieces displayed at the \u201cJerusalem Mysteries – The Archaeology of Jerusalem\u201d conference hosted by the IAA in honor of Jerusalem Day, which is from the evening of June 4 to June 5. The event commemorates the reunification of Eastern and Western Jerusalem after the Six-Day War.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Archaeologists have announced the discovery of a 2,300-year-old gold ring discovered in Jerusalem\u2019s City of David. The ring is small, most likely made for a child\u2019s finger, and is set with a garnet. It was uncovered by a joint excavation between the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) and Tel-Aviv University. 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