March 19 (UPI) -- Nine rare bronze coins, buried beneath the ruins of buildings that served Christian pilgrims on their way to Jerusalem, were found during excavations for a highway-widening project in Israel.
The artifacts, displayed by the Israel Antiquities Authority in Beit Shemesh, offer a window to life in Holy Land during the time of Jesus, a period during the first centuries AD, as Christianity first began to spread. The coins are on display at the National Treasures Storerooms.