The Greek one-euro coin can rightly claim that it has roots planted deep in history with a story longer than two millennia. Approximately 2,500 years ago, in ancient Athens, the owl captivated the ...

The Greek one-euro coin can rightly claim that it has roots planted deep in history with a story longer than two millennia. Approximately 2,500 years ago, in ancient Athens, the owl captivated the ...

The iconic Athenian owl, replicated from the ancient tetradrachm, has taken flight in the collecting world. Certain Greek one-euro coins featuring this design, particularly those with a Finnish “S” ...

A metal detectorist discovered ancient gold coins in the Netherlands that turned out to be a cult ritual offering. Experts ...

Associate Professor and Director, Ancient Israel Program ... Alexander the Great was the first person to put his own image on Greek coins, hitherto the preserve of the gods.

A rare "Corinthian" helmet from ancient Greece will go up for auction in London later this month. Such helmets were iconic of the ancient Greek style of infantry fighting and have become emblems ...

The event showcased treasures that were unearthed in the emirate's ancient trade centres ... a bronze statue of Venus, and coins from both Roman and Greek empires. Stay up to date with the ...

Some markings and a coin jammed between rock formations caught their attention — and for good reason. The traces revealed the chamber was once an ancient Roman sanctuary. A joint team of ...

Alexander the Great was the first person to put his own image on Greek coins, hitherto the preserve of the gods. But he came to consider himself a god which gave him the OK. His vast coinage ...

Ancient Greece produced the earliest records of democracy, western philosophy - and, it turns out, lead pollution. Researchers studying sediment cores recovered from mainland Greece and the Aegean ...

The Venus de Milo, a celebrated ancient statue found on the Greek island of Milos and displayed at the Louvre since 1821, is one of the most famous artworks in the world. Yet relatively little is ...

The team ventured into the partially flooded cave as part of an ongoing research project. See what they found inside.