A Teenager Discovered a Ring on a Hike—Turns Out, It’s 1,800 Years Old
- Yair Whiteson, a 13-year-old boy who is interested in archeology and lives in Haifa, Israel, found a ring that is about 1,800 years old while he was hiking near the Khirbet Shalala archeological site on Mount Carmel.
- Authority experts in Israel have confirmed that the ring bears an engraving of the Roman goddess Minerva, and it's believed to have either been a personal item or a burial gift.
- He added the ring to the collection of artifacts found at the site and was given a certificate recognizing his contribution to Israel's collection of historical artifacts.
A 13-year-old boy discovered a Roman ring with an image of the goddess Minerva while out on a hike near his home.
The 1,800-year-old ring was found in Haifa, a city on the Mediterranean coast, about an hour's drive from Tel Aviv.
It was likely a ring that was embedded in the object.
They came to a similar assessment as Whiteson's was.
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According to the researchers, Minerva was well-known throughout the area at the time. Although they can't be certain who owned this ring, it's believed to have belonged to a woman or a girl who lived on the hill in the Khirbet Shalala archaeological site atop Mount Carmel, where a Roman-era mansion and a rock quarry were discovered. It's also possible that the ring was left as a burial gift, since there are graves nearby at the site.
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He shows responsibility for our past and respect," said Eli Escozido, director of the Antiquities Authority, in a press statement. "He told us he wants to be an archaeologist one day, and we're giving him a place of honor here.
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