A Hacksilber hoard dated to the middle of the eleventh century BCE found by the Leon Levy Expedition to Ashkelon. Credit: The Israel Museum, by Haim Gitler and Israel Antiquities Authority, by Clara Amit

Hacksilber Hoard Dated To 11th Century BC: Eastern Mediterranean Silver Trade Reconstructed

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com  – Scientists have reconstructed the Eastern Mediterranean silver trade, over a period including the traditional dates of the Trojan War, the founding of Rome, and the destruction of Solomon’s Temple in Jerusalem. The team of French, Israeli and Australian scientists and numismatists found geochemical evidence for pre-coinage silver trade continuing throughout […]