Israeli Police Searching for Weapons Stumble Upon Something Much More Important: Report

A search for weapons in Ibillin, a town in northern Israel, revealed a far more valuable cache. Border police officers came across a collection of unregistered antiquities while conducting a weapons search at a…

IJR SyndicatedApr 6, 20243 min read

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and beyond, which makes it a prime target for

archeological

looters.

For example, in 2022, the Israel Antiquities Authority’s theft prevention unit recovered over 1,800 ancient artifacts from an unlicensed dealer in the central city of Modiin, according to the Times of Israel.

Among the historically invaluable pieces found in the raid was a partially cleaned silver shekel coin from 67 AD. It was printed during the First Jewish-Roman war, also known as the Great Revolt, and bears the inscription “Holy Jerusalem” on one side and “Shekel Yisrael Year Two” over a trophy on the other.

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These antiquities are more than relics. They prove the accuracy of Israel’s claim to the land, and the history of its people.

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The lamps, wicks and coins discovered in the March raid were not as old as some other recent discoveries, with the wicks dating a few hundred years ago and the coins from the Islamic period, the Jerusalem Post reported.

After issuing a warning to the suspect about the proper handling of antiquities, police transferred the objects to the Antiquities Authority for documentation and preservation.

Inspector Nidal Abdelhalim, chief intelligence and investigations officer at the Shfaram station, emphasized the historical and cultural value of such archaeological finds, saying, “Behind every ancient object, like the ones that were seized, there is a hundreds of year-old historical story. It deserves to be in the right hands, presented to the whole public, and not be the private property of one criminal or another.”

For Israel, every artifact tells the story of this ancient land’s history — who lived there, when they arrived and what they contributed to the region.

Despite how modern historians may attempt to spin it, these ancient timestamps are the evidence that refutes historical revisionism and tells the story of a tiny land that has been the object of the entire world’s attention for most of recorded history.

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.