Teenagers who volunteered for archeological excavations in Israel have found 425 gold coins that have been buried in clay pots for at least 1,100 years, writes the BBC.
Archaeologists Liat Nadav-Ziv and Eli Haddad point out that these findings are the result of the hard and dedicated work of young volunteers.
Antique coin expert Robert Cole confirmed that the coins date back to the late ninth century, which is considered the golden age of that Arab kingdom. The caliphate stretched across much of the Middle East and North Africa.
"We sincerely hope that this work and the search for gold coins will tell us more about this time of which we still know very little," Cole said.
In Israel, in 2015, amateur diggers found 2,000 gold coins on the shores of the ancient port city of Caesarea, dating to the Fatimid period, 10th or 11th century.
