City of Akko Next in UNESCO Coin SeriesFollow the link for a picture.
By World Coin News
April 14, 2010
Third in the “UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Israel” series is a coin honoring the city of Akko. Recorded in ancient Babylonian and Egyptian sources, the city of Akko, also known as Acre, is located in the western Galilee region of Israel. It has a 4,000-year-old history, one of the longest in the world.
[...]
Visit PaleoJudaica daily for the latest news on ancient Judaism and the biblical world.
E-mail: paleojudaica-at-talktalk-dot-net ("-at-" = "@", "-dot-" = ".")
Thursday, April 15, 2010
An Akko World Heritage Coin from UNESCO
THE CITY OF AKKO (Acre) is getting its own UNESCO coin: