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Ancient piggy bank stashed with gold found by archaeologists is 1,000 years old

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The Daily Star's FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inboxAn ancient jug, with four gold coins stashed inside, was a piggy bank more than a millennium ago.The jug was found by archaeologists in Jerusalem's Jewish Quarter last month while surveying a site set for construction.The site, based in Western Wall Plaza - a historic public square in Jerusalem's Old City.Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) inspector Yevgenia Kapil found the juglet, made out of clay and is not much bigger than a coffee cup.Weeks later, an IAA archaeologist, David Gellman, was shocked when a handful of coins came out with the dirt when he moved it in his hand.The excavation director said: "This is the first time in my.

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