The Israel Authority hosted a ceremony at the Nabi Shu’ayb shrine in the Galilee on Monday honoring the six Israeli divers who last February in Caesarea found and turned in the largest cache of gold coins ever discovered in Israel.
The long-lost treasure was found on the seabed in the ancient harbor of Caesarea – today a national underwater archeological park – by a group of six divers: Tzvika Feuer, Kobi Tweena, Avivit Fishler, Shai Milner, Yoav Lavi, and Yoel Miller.
After finding numerous coins in the seabed they alerted the Antiquities Authority, which subsequently excavated the site they mapped out and uncovered 2,600 perfectly preserved coins from the Fatimid period, making international headlines.
According to Feuer, finding the glistening treasure was a surreal, once-in-a-lifetime moment for the unsuspecting divers.
“The dive, which began like dozens of our previous dives in the area, quickly turned into an adventure from the creator of Indiana Jones,” he said. “Nothing can describe the exhilaration of discovering hundreds of gold coins, which despite the poor lighting conditions gleamed as golden as the day they were minted.”
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- Jerusalem Post | Antiquities Authority honors six divers who recovered treasure off Caesarea coast.
- Haaretz | Druze salute divers who found gold coins on Caesarea seabed
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Remarkable find by the Israeli archeologists!
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