Coins found in Israel building from 1,650 years ago speak volumes about Israel and the Jews

There is a building in the Israel town of Lod where a cache of coins were discovered dating back 1,650 years. Evidently, the person who lived there so long ago, left silver and bronze coins under the floorboards of the building and probably planned to go back and collect them at a later date. [H/T Jerusalem Post.]

The Lod Municipality and the Israel Antiquities Authorities (IAA) discovered the coins by chance while performing excavations of a destroyed Jewish public building. 

Experts said the coins are evidence of the last Jewish revolt against Roman rule in Israel – 1,650 years ago.

The dramatic discovery is the first-ever evidence in Lod from the Gallus Revolt, the last Jewish resistance against Roman rule, between 351 and 354 CE.

So this should give pause to those useful idiots who claim the Jews are occupying land belonging to so-called Palestinians, since they were there before Muhammed called his warriors together. But useful idiots will be useful idiots.

The coins are dated from 221- to 354 CE. It seems as if they were deliberately placed under the floorboards in the hopes of the owner returning to take them when the rebellious situation cooled down.

Though there is very little written evidence about this revolt, there are texts reporting that major Jewish communities such as Lod, Zipori and Tiberias were destroyed by the forces of Roman Caesar Flavius Constantinus Gallus.

The building where the coins were discovered

Beside finding coins, other impressive items were found such as stone and marble artifacts; Greek, Hebrew, and Latin inscriptions, and one inscription bearing the name of a Jewish man from a priestly family that is still being examined. 

What the excavators didn't find was the presence of pig bones because, unlike the Romans, the Jewish people are kosher and don't eat pork, a practice usurped by Islam thousands of years later, calling it halal. 

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2,000-Year-Old Coin with "Eleazor the Priest" engraved found in Israel

Photo: Israel Antiquities Authority

Israel has been Jewish land for several thousand years and archaeologists have uncovered a 2,000-year-old coin to prove it. The coin dates a century before the birth of Christ and is inscribed with the biblical name, "Eleazor the Priest," which experts believe is the likely reference to a religious leader of the time.

The rare coin was uncovered around a cave in the Mazuq Ha-he'teqim Nature Reserve in Israel and dates to the time of the Bar Kokhba Revolt, which took place from 132-135 BC and involved a Jewish rebellion against Roman rule, according to the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA). The coin was found alongside three other coins with the name “Simeon.” Those, too, date to the Bar Kokhba Revolt.

One side of the coin includes an engraved date palm with the Hebrew inscription “Eleazar the Priest” and the flip side has the Hebrew text "Year One of the Redemption of Israel." 

The Old Testament tells of an Eleazor who was a priest and was the son of Aaron. But the Israel Antiquities Authority said the Eleazor referenced on the coin is likely a priest from the time of the revolt. One possibility is Rabbi Eleazar Hamod’ai, "rabbi from the time of Rabbi Akiva, a pupil of Rabbi Yohanan ben Zakai."

"It seems that Rabbi Eleazar Hamod’ai played a significant religious role at the time of the Bar Kokhba Revolt, and he was living in the town of Beitar -- the location of the revolt headquarters,” the IAA said. “The Talmud accounts that he died in Beitar, probably during the Revolt. (Jerusalem Talmud Ta’anit 4:5)."

The coins were found during a dig by the Israel Antiquities Authority in cooperation with the Ministry of Heritage and the Archaeological Office for the Military Administration of Judea and Samaria, [what the Palestinians calls the West Bank] with the "aim of retrieving the ancient treasures before they are stolen by antiquity looters," according to a news release.

So when Hamas or the Palestinians say that the Israelis are the occupiers, let them show proof they were there first.

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Elderly woman throws coins into jet intake "for luck"

You don't blow your nose in Superman's cape and you never throw coins into the intake of a jet engine for luck. The only luck you'll get is an explosion and a sit-down with your Maker.

A flight from Shanghai to Guangzhou could have experienced the same fate after an elderly woman passenger allegedly threw a handful of coins into the engine "for luck."

China Southern Airlines Flight 380 was grounded at the Shanghai Pudong International Airport after the woman caused a disruption, according to the airlines official WeChat account. The incident is under investigation.

Several passengers boarding the flight evidently saw the elderly woman throw the coins and alerted the crew.

The woman obviously doesn't understand the mechanics of how a jet engine would suck up the coins into the blades of the line of turbines as they spin at incredible speed.  

Rotating at around 1,000 mph on takeoff, one coin alone would break off a blade from the first turbine as it continues to get sucked into the next turbine. Now the one coin and the one blade would then break off one additional blade each and go into the next line of blades with four metal objects being sucked into the next turbine and so on through all five or more set of turbines.

The modern jet engine wouldn't explode, but there would be extensive damage that would certainly be more than a handful of coins would cover in cost.

The passengers were boarding and saw her tossing the coins at the engine for "blessings" from the middle of the boarding staircase.

Ground staff said the woman, who looked to be about 80, was with her husband, daughter and son-in-law (who knew enough to keep his mouth shut).

An inspection by the ground crew came up with nine coins in one engine. The current whereabouts of the money is unknown.

The flight was finally given the go ahead and landed in Guangzhou without incident.

Mainland air travelers have been responsible for several safety incidents in recent years, including one Chinese passenger opening the emergency door "to get some fresh air." Beijing has responded by creating a tourist black list, with offenders banned from travel due to their gross stupidity.

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