Joining a volunteer antiquities hunting team in Israel, young Binyamin Milt had great success when he found a treasure revealing the “unbelievable” technology of ancient people.
When archaeologists received the gold bead from 9-year-old Binyamin Milt, they thought it was a modern item. Not only is it so exquisite, it is also preserved in exceptionally intact condition.
According to Sputnik, subsequent tests showed that the gold grain belonged to the ancient “Judah period”, at least 2,500-3,000 years old.
Close-up of the gold grain found. Although small, it has enormous historical value, because it reveals incredible technology 3,000 years ago – Photo: TMSP
Not only is it valuable because it is gold and very ancient, this treasure also holds the secret to the “unbelievable” metallurgical techniques of ancient workers.
Speaking on the Times of Israel, archaeologists said that this gold bead is made up of many other small round beads, connected together to form a flower shape and then arranged in many layers, forming a bead of the type used for piercing. necklaces, bracelets. This ancient jewelry manufacturing technique is called “beading”, which gives the piece an unusual “3D effect”. To create it, workers need to possess advanced gold and silver smelting and casting technology, good chemical processing ability as well as high skills.
Little Binyamin Milt and his friends are participating in volunteer archaeological activities – Photo: TMSP
This pure gold treasure is believed to be related to the ancient temple of Solomon, which existed from 950 to 586 BC. This type of artifact is extremely rare, both in terms of material and technology, because jewelry of this period was mainly made of silver. Gold items are often imported from far away places.
“Child archaeologist” Binyamin Milt is one of the volunteers participating in the Temple Mount Sifting Project (TMSP), organized by Bar-Ilan University since 2004, to restore and study antiquities from the Mount Haram esh-Sharif temple in Jerusalem. Because the amount of ancient treasure hidden here is countless, professional archaeologists can hardly handle all the work themselves.
The project has helped unearth a huge amount of antiquities from the Stone Age to “newer” things, only a few hundred years old: pottery, amulets, ancient statues, coins, architectural works. …
