A plant used by the ancient Greeks for medicine, food and even contraception, was one of the most sought-after goods in the ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a remarkable hoard of gold coins thought to be more than 2,000 years old in an ancient Greek city. The coins—likely dated to the 5th century B.C.—were found ...

Apollodotus II is known for issuing bilingual coins with Greek and Kharosthi (script) inscriptions called drachmas, which had ...

A hoard of gold coins dating back around 2,400 years was discovered during excavations of an ancient Greek city. The gold coins are believed to have served as a form of payment to mercenary troops.

Excavations in Vadnagar, Gujarat, revealed coin moulds used for creating replicas of Indo-Greek coins, indicating the town's ...

Originating in Ancient Greece in the sixth century BCE, the avian-themed silver coins were renowned for their extraordinary purity and helped to change the entire course of history by financing ...

[Related: Ancient, surprisingly well-preserved purple dye uncovered in Greece.] What are darics? According to University of Michigan archaeologist Christopher Ratté, the coins show a figure of a ...

Italy’s Culture Minister Alessandro Giuli meets Lina Mendoni in Athens and pledges cooperation for the return of the ...

Archaeologists discovered the hoard of Persian coins at the site of ancient Greek city in what is now Turkey. The money may have been intended to pay mercenary troops. The ancient Greek city of ...

The gold coins were found inside a room beneath a home in Notion, an ancient Greek city in western Turkey. They feature the figure of a kneeling archer, a design element used for the Persian daric ...