Rare discovery Alexander the Great gemstone!


	Rare discovery Alexander the Great gemstone!

Koheli

9-16-2009 4:18 PM

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alexander the great, archaelogy, science, discovery, gemstone

Koheli says:

A press release today from the University of Haifa in Israel announced a rare archaeological discovery at Tel Dor. A tiny gemstone with a perfectly engraved portrait of Alexander the Great

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