Apparently, during Hanukkah in 2024, some cool finds were made:
A rare collection of ancient coins was discovered last week by Israeli researchers, who called the find an “archaeological Hanukkah miracle.”
The coins are more than 2,000 years old and believed to belong to King Alexander Jannaeus, the second ruler of the Hasmonean dynasty that presided over Judea in the final centuries leading up to the common era, according to the University of Haifa in Israel.
Archaeologists found the hoard of about 160 of the coins during ongoing excavations in the Jordan Valley, which runs between the Israeli-occupied West Bank and the eastern border of Jordan. The project is headed by researchers at the University of Haifa and the Zinman Institute of Archaeology, the university said in a news release translated from Hebrew.
The ancient coins were unearthed Friday, coinciding with the third day of Hanukkah. Researchers noted the significance of that timing, since Alexander Jannaeus descended from leaders of a revolt in 167 B.C.E. that the Talmud says led to the restoration of the temple in Jerusalem and the first celebration of the Hanukkah holiday. source: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ancient-coins-found-israel-archaeological-hanukkah-miracle/
The Greek word “kardia” is recorded 160 times in the New Testament’s original language.
The first appearance is within the beatitudes:
Blessed are the pure in heart (kardia), for they shall see God (Matthew 5:8, HBFV). source: https://www.biblestudy.org/bibleref/meaning-of-numbers-in-bible/160.html
Maybe the reminder here for this discovery was to keep the heart pure and filled with the right “oil” which Hanukkah commemorates?