A collector hid his treasure from the Nazis, his widow kept it secret for decades, but now Roman aurei, Greek staters and ...

Each 24-carat, 1oz gold coin were minted in the UK by Betts Refiners. The front face features a striking Welsh dragon atop Cadair Idris mountain in Eryri (Snowdonia). The reverse pays homage to ...

In ancient Greece and Rome, statues not only looked beautiful—they smelled good, too. That’s the conclusion of a new study published this month in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology.

In Roman times it lost its strategic importance. However it was still inhabited in the 3rd century CE judging from coin finds. Fortifications of the ancient Greek city of Oeniadae. Credit: wikimedia ...

Ancient city The ruins of Megiddo are now in a national park about 18 miles (30 kilometers) southeast of Haifa. Megiddo was a strategically important city at a crossroads on trade and military ...

The Bank of Hindostan, General Bank of Bengal and Bengal Bank became the first banks in India to issue paper currency in the 18th Century. During this time, paper money was first issued in British Ind ...

The Library of Celsus in Ephesus, is one of the major Ionian League city-states of Ancient Greece. Credit: Benh Lieu Song CC BY ... Under the Roman Empire, the league was allowed to issue its coinage ...

Greece is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the War Museum’s founding with a special commemorative coin, paying tribute to all those who fought for the nation’s freedom. The War Museum was ...

Ancient Greece gave us many things, from mythology to democracy by way of the Olympics, but if I recall my (very) old primary-school project correctly, one thing Archimedes and pals never got ...