A rare silver ring unearthed in Israel might represent the missing link between the so-called Merovingian architectural rings manufactured in the 6th-8th centuries CE in Western Europe and Jewish wedding bands featuring miniature buildings, which started to be popular in the late Middle Ages, Prof. Dennis Mizzi of the University of Malta told The Times of Israel.Sounds as though it is a well-traveled heirloom preserved in a late medieval stratum.[...]
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