Archaeologists in Israel have uncovered a 2,000-year-old coin that dates to a century before the birth of Christ and bears the name “Eleazor the Priest,” a biblical name that experts say most likely references a religious leader of the time.
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Archaeologists in Israel have uncovered a 2,000-year-old coin that dates to a century before the birth of Christ and bears the name “Eleazor the Priest,” a biblical name that experts say most likely references a religious leader of the time.
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"I told him to take a good look at the other side of the scarab -- the flat side -- and check if it was also engraved. I immediately heard exclamations of excitement on the phone, and he told me that he could see a figure or image."
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