820 `priceless' gold coins are found in Egypt // Buried 1,300 years ago

From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: January 4, 1988 | Copyright information

CAIRO (AP) Egypt announced Sunday the discovery of 820 gold coins buried 1,300 years ago under a monk's cell, a cache that Egypt's antiquities chief called the greatest find of its kind.

The coins date from the 6th and 7th centuries, the Byzantine period that bridged early Christianity and Islam.

They were found Dec. 17 buried in two clay jars at Dair al-Abiad, a famous Coptic Christian monastery near Sohag, about 280 miles south of Cairo.

"This is the greatest discovery of golden coinage in the history of Egyptian antiquties," said Ahmed Kadry, chairman of the Egyptian Antiquities ...

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