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A rare, tiny, gold bead dating back to at least the 5th century has been found by volunteers in the City of David, Israel, by sifting what the professionals left behind.

A young Israeli volunteer working on an archaeological sifting project found a pure gold handmade bead in dirt that came from a large Roman structure on the Pilgrimage Road excavation in Jerusalem. The dirt was moved to Emek Tzurim National Park at the foot of the Mount of Olives. That’s where Hallel Feidman discovered the bead. “I poured the pail into the sieve and began to wash the material that was brought from the excavations in the City of David,” she said. “And then I saw something...

An ancient 1,600-year-old bead made of pure gold was discovered during a dig in the City of David in the core of Jerusalem after dirt was removed from a Roman structure.

The gold bead from the end of the Roman era is an especially rare find because beads of this style are not common.

Piece of jewelry, which required unique expertise to make, discovered in earth sifted from magnificent Roman structure in Pilgrimage Road, near Old City

The artifact is one of only a few made from pure gold ever uncovered in Israel and dates to at least 1,600 years ago.

An Israeli teenager volunteering at an archaeological dig discovered a golden bead that dates back to the Roman occupation of the Land of Israel.

Discovered in a Late Roman building in the ‘City of David,’ the bead is one of few gold jewels ever found in the area, archaeologists say

To this day, only a few dozen gold beads have been discovered in Israel - Click the link for more details.

Expert in ancient jewelry at the IAA says find of gold bead, likely only a small part of a necklace or bracelet very rare; dates to the end of the Roman area some 1,600 years ago