Egypt
Asharq Alawsat (Zahi Hawass)
- Ptolemaic Gold Coin Found In Israel
CNN (Les Neuhaus) Many thanks to Rhio for the link. With a photo of, as he says, the very beautiful coin. A rare gold coin dating back 2,200 years was discovered by a combined university research team in Israel, a top Israeli antiquities official said...
- Isle Of Man Issues New Egypt-themed Coins
IOM Today You will need to scroll down the page beyond the Paddington Bear story to get to the piece on the Egyptian themed coins. Following the success of the world's first Pyramid coin launched in December last year, three more Tutankhamun coins...
- Triangular Coin To Celebrate Uk Visit Of Tutankhamun
Independent.ie (Kim Pilling) The world's first triangular coin will be unveiled today to mark the return of Tutankhamun's treasures to London. The coin, representing a pyramid, is part of a series which depicts the artefacts unearthed in the...
- Ancient Dinar Discovered
http://tinyurl.com/grkvg (Egypt State Information Service)"Minister of Culture Farouq Hosni said Friday June 2nd that a research mission has discovered the remnants of a two-room house dating back to the era of Salaheddin El-Ayoubi and a single golden...
- Ptolemaic Coin
A gold coin weighing one ounce and minted in Ptolemaic Egypt has recently been found in Israel at Tel Kedesh near the Lebanon boarder. This is only the second Egyptian gold coin found in Israel and the biggest. The image on the coin may represent...
Egypt
When Al-Quseir hit the headlines
Asharq Alawsat (Zahi Hawass)
The Egyptian Red Sea town of al-Quseir hit the headlines after Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities announced that a single gold coin dating back to the Umayyad period had been discovered. This coin was unearthed by an American expedition from Yale University during archaeological excavations at the Monastery of Saint John the Little, which is located near al-Quseir. The coin weighs 1.42 grams, and was equal to one third of a Dinar and dates back to 721 AD. One side of the coin is inscribed with the words: “This Dinar was minted in 103” while on the other side it reads, “There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.” The American expedition was led by archaeologist Steven Davis who submitted a report to me about the excavation carried out by his team in this important spot that was once a major trade route linking the cities of the Nile Valley and the eastern and western Red Sea ports.
Al-Quseir is considered one of the most important Egyptian towns that prospered during the Islamic age and it is unique in that it retains a lot of its original features and authenticity.
- Ptolemaic Gold Coin Found In Israel
CNN (Les Neuhaus) Many thanks to Rhio for the link. With a photo of, as he says, the very beautiful coin. A rare gold coin dating back 2,200 years was discovered by a combined university research team in Israel, a top Israeli antiquities official said...
- Isle Of Man Issues New Egypt-themed Coins
IOM Today You will need to scroll down the page beyond the Paddington Bear story to get to the piece on the Egyptian themed coins. Following the success of the world's first Pyramid coin launched in December last year, three more Tutankhamun coins...
- Triangular Coin To Celebrate Uk Visit Of Tutankhamun
Independent.ie (Kim Pilling) The world's first triangular coin will be unveiled today to mark the return of Tutankhamun's treasures to London. The coin, representing a pyramid, is part of a series which depicts the artefacts unearthed in the...
- Ancient Dinar Discovered
http://tinyurl.com/grkvg (Egypt State Information Service)"Minister of Culture Farouq Hosni said Friday June 2nd that a research mission has discovered the remnants of a two-room house dating back to the era of Salaheddin El-Ayoubi and a single golden...
- Ptolemaic Coin
A gold coin weighing one ounce and minted in Ptolemaic Egypt has recently been found in Israel at Tel Kedesh near the Lebanon boarder. This is only the second Egyptian gold coin found in Israel and the biggest. The image on the coin may represent...