In the huge excavation conducted by the Yavne Antiquities Authority at the initiative of the Israel Land Authority and in collaboration with the Yavne Municipality, prior to the expansion of the city, a spectacular gold ring was recently uncovered, with an inlay of purple stone.
An examination of the ring was made by by Dr. Yotam, who in the analytical laboratory at the Israel Antiquities Authority, discovered that the stone is composed mostly of silica - a material from which many gemstones are composed.