A metal detectorist discovered ancient gold coins in the Netherlands that turned out to be a cult ritual offering. Experts believe the money left at the location was “devil’s money,” an offering to ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON — Ancient Greece produced the earliest records of ... across the Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea, demand for silver coins grew rapidly, requiring smelting that released lead, said ...

even reflecting historical events such as the conquest of Greece by the Romans. The Aegean region gave rise to some of the earliest cultures of ancient Europe. The research team investigated when ...

(AP Photo/Thanassis Stravrakis) A birdwatcher looks on through her binoculars as fog covers the Karla lake, near the town of Stefanovikeio, central Greece, on Jan. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros ...

ATHENS, Greece — It soars over the borders and divisions of the war-torn Middle East, bringing Arab and Israeli academics together. An unlikely symbol of cooperation, the barn owl is now getting ...

This unique degree programme offers training in an unparalleled range of ancient languages and their associated history, culture and textual traditions. Students study Hebrew and either Greek or Latin ...

and the Greek geographer Strabo wrote that Cunobelinus traded precious metals, grain and dogs with the Romans. Also in the hoard were 288 silver coins, all struck between 200 B.C. and A.D. 47. One ...

Dozens of ancient coins believed to have been stolen by Roman troops during the conquest of Britain have been unearthed in a Dutch field. The 44 gold coins bearing the inscription of AD40 British ...

Discoveries of ancient artifacts are relatively common in Greece, often unearthed during construction projects. A headless statue believed to be 2,000 years old has been found inside a black ...

each named after a letter from the Greek alphabet, tell you how options contracts will react under different market conditions. While the term might evoke images of ancient philosophers ...