The wacky reporter claims Israeli archeologists found 1000 year old British coins in Israeli waters. Now that would be amazing news.
Anyway, this article get weirder:
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Experts from the authorities visited the aquatic scene with metal detectors and found nearly 2,000 gold sovereigns in different denominations.And in different denominations! The coin world would be rocked! But then the writer immediately contradicts himself.
"Perhaps the treasure of coins was meant to pay the salaries of the Fatimid military garrison which was stationed in Caesarea and protected the city," Mr Sharvit added as an alternative.Fatimid? You mean, as in Muslim? Not British? You mean Islamic coins (clearly so from the pictures) were found in a shipwreck from a period of Islamic peace and prosperity in an Islamic territory (now Israeli territory)? Well, that's not so interesting. Rather inevitable, wouldn't you think?
"Another theory is that the treasure was money belonging to a large merchant ship that traded with the coastal cities and the port on the Mediterranean Sea and sank there."
The Fatimid dynasty, whose rulers were Shia Muslims, ran a large empire in North Africa and the Middle East from AD 909 to 1171. It was believed to have descended from Fatima bint Muhammad, daughter of the Prophet Mohammed, according to claims of the Fatimids.Incidentally, Fatima, Mohammed's daughter, is believed by many Christians to be the one who will mediate peace between Moslems and Christians, based on revelations from "Our Lady of Fatima."
Anyway, this article get weirder:
The sunken treasure was in near perfect condition despite being exposed to salt water for a millennium, attributed by experts to gold's "noble metal" properties of being unaffected by air or water.And salt water at that, saltiest right there. You need an expert to tell you this about gold? Did you know that is one reason gold is used as money? This journalist needs to do some research.
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Israel has always been Israeli territory. Consider the Cyrus Cylinder of the ancient Persian empire which clearly places the nation of Israel in "Palestine" in the 6th century BC over 1000 years before these "islamic" coins were minted.
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