Researchers Find Gold Ring With Amethyst Gemstone From 7th Century in World’s Largest Byzantine Winery

Researchers Find Gold Ring With Amethyst Gemstone From 7th Century in World’s Largest Byzantine Winery
Left: (Courtesy of Assaf Peretz/Israel Antiquities Authority); RightCourtesy of Dafna Gazit/Israel Antiquities Authority
Michael Wing
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The excavation of a huge Late Byzantine period winery in Israel recently yielded a gold ring inlaid with a purple amethyst stone believed to date back to the seventh century.

Researchers from the Israeli Antiquities Authority analyzed the ring, and the stone was determined to be composed of silica—a common material in many other gems—ruling out the possibility of it being simply glass.

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