(From Biblical Archaeology Review via the Archaeologica News Page)
Excavators have found two folded papyri and 11 bronze coins in a desert cave within the Ein Gedi Nature Reserve, near the western shore of the Dead Sea. Three of the coins bear the name �Shimon,� Hebrew for Simon, and date to the Second Jewish Revolt against Rome (132-135 A.D.), which was led by Simon Bar-Kokhba. The artifacts were discovered last November by a team headed by Hebrew University�s Amos Frumkin and Bar Ilan University�s Hanan Eshel, inside a cave measuring just 23 feet by 13 feet.
Apparently these were found in November, but this is the first I've heard of them. Guess I need to get out more. Or something.
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