In a rare find, ancient gold and silver bracelets dating back 1,000 years have been uncovered in an archeological excavation site in Ramla.
The 11th-century jewelry was found inside the remnants of houses and stores at a dig at the site that date back to the early Arab period (638-1099).
The three gold bracelets and the six silver ones, as well as an assortment of money, were discovered inside a jar found at the site.
They date back to the Abbasid and Fatimid periods (8th-11th centuries CE), bronze weights and a balance scale that belonged to the shops, and a hoard of jewelry that includes three gold and six silver bracelets.
The jewelry reflects the richness and the splendor that characterizes the silver and gold jewelry of that period.
The most elaborate gold bracelet is decorated on both sides with samples of vegetation, with the words "a full blessing" in Arabic engraved in its center.
The bracelets uncovered are typical of the wealth and splendor of the jewelry of the Fatimid period (969-1171 CE).
Similar silver bracelets were previously found in excavations conducted near Jerusalem's Temple Mount, but the gold bracelets discovered at the Ramla site were until now found only in museum collections, having been donated or acquired in other ways.
In a rare find, ancient gold and silver bracelets dating back 1,000 years have been uncovered in an archeological excavation site in Ramla.
The 11th-century jewelry was found inside the remnants of houses and stores at a dig at the site that date back to the early Arab period (638-1099).
The three gold bracelets and the six silver ones, as well as an assortment of money, were discovered inside a jar found at the site.
They date back to the Abbasid and Fatimid periods (8th-11th centuries CE), bronze weights and a balance scale that belonged to the shops, and a hoard of jewelry that includes three gold and six silver bracelets.
The jewelry reflects the richness and the splendor that characterizes the silver and gold jewelry of that period.
The most elaborate gold bracelet is decorated on both sides with samples of vegetation, with the words "a full blessing" in Arabic engraved in its center.
The bracelets uncovered are typical of the wealth and splendor of the jewelry of the Fatimid period (969-1171 CE).
Similar silver bracelets were previously found in excavations conducted near Jerusalem's Temple Mount, but the gold bracelets discovered at the Ramla site were until now found only in museum collections, having been donated or acquired in other ways.
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