In Less Than A Year: A Second Gold Ring Was Discovered in the City of David

A gold ring set with a red gemstone, reportedly around 2,300 years old, was discovered in excavations conducted in the in the Jerusalem Walls National Park.

The excavations, conducted by the Israel Antiquities Authority and Tel Aviv University, are funded by the Elad Association. This is the second gold ring discovered in less than a year from the same excavation and the same period.

Rivka Lengler, a City of David excavator present when the ring was uncovered, says: " Already at first glance, you could see its great similarity to the ring discovered in our excavation only a few months ago, just that this one was even smaller. When I held this ring in my hand, I felt part of my history." 

Dr Marion Zindel, who conducted the ring’s research, shares, "That the two small rings and the rest of the jewelry were all discovered under the building’s floors raises the possibility that they were buried there on purpose." 

"One of the possibilities now being examined is that the jewelry found in the building’s foundations was in the context of executing of a well-known Hellenistic period custom in which betrothed women would bury jewelry and other childhood objects in the house foundations as a symbol of the transition from childhood to adulthood.”(INN/VFI News) 

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