Israel: Archaeologists uncover ancient silver coins they say prove Book of Maccabees happened

Posted on Dec 15, 2022 in Israel, Israel-Palestinian Conflict, Judea, Maccabee

Archaeologists digging near the Dead Sea in Israel have unearthed a box of 2,200-year-old silver coins which they believe offer the first physical proof of a story told in the apocryphal Book of 1 Maccabees, that Jews did indeed flee to the Judean Dese…