Treasure

NC activists claimed ‘victory’ in their Israel-divestment push, state treasury says they are wrong

Several pro-Palestinian groups in North Carolina touted the state pension fund’s sale of $6.7 million in Israeli government bonds as a “victory.”

|ByGRACE GILSON/JTA
People wave Palestinian flags as they protest in support of Palestinians amid the ongoing war between Israel and the militant Hamas group in the Gaza Strip, outside an event attended by the US vice president on April 4, 2024, in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Gold coins.

French police confirm mystery hoard is legal after man finds coins and ingots near Lyon

Authorities ruled the five ingots and coins unearthed in Neuville-sur-Saône were melted locally only about fifteen years ago and have no archaeological or criminal link.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Divers recover more than 1,000 silver reales and five gold escudos from 1715 Spanish treasure fleet off Florida coast.

Divers recover 1,000+ silver reales and 5 gold escudos from 1715 Spanish treasure fleet off Florida

Queens Jewels, the firm with exclusive salvage rights, values the well-preserved haul at about one million dollars and calls it the site’s largest coin find since 1990.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Illustration of a metal detectorist.

Metal detectorist discovers an 3,400-year-old treasure in Romania

121 Bronze Age gold artifacts from Cluj County include unique ring design with no known parallels in Romanian archaeological record.

|ByMAITAL ROZENBOIM

Largest treasure hoard found in England sold for £4.3 million

The hoard includes silver pennies minted between 1066 and 1068, likely buried during the turmoil of the Norman Conquest.

NOVEMBER 19, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The hoard includes silver pennies minted between 1066 and 1068.