The ancient silver coins feature the images of 11 Roman emperors and empresses, including Nero and Marcus Aurelius.

"From the 4th century BC, [Greek] cities built ... in Agrigento is the only ancient structure in the western Mediterranean that offered a large swimming pool and 200-meter-long running tracks ...

Ancient historians recorded legends about the invention of the first coins, and archaeologists have found some surprising ...

A stone pyramid structure has just been discovered during an archaeological dig in the Judean desert. Inside were numerous written documents and the remains of remarkably well-preserved ancient ...

Before them was a safe, one of six containing a cache of 2,000-year-old gold jewelry, ornaments and coins ... 200 among Hellenistic, Persian, Indian, Chinese and nomadic cultures along the ancient ...

The mineral wealth of ancient Greece ... BC), the mine that had produced an estimated 3,500 tons of silver since it began operating probably came to an end. A big part of the silver coming out of the ...

The Edwin Smith Papyrus, an ancient Egyptian medical text ... cancer's cause continued to be espoused by the later Greek physician Galen, in 200 BC, who in turn developed the Galenic humoural ...

His private collection included glass and clay vases, relief tiles adorned with mythological scenes, terracotta figurines, gold jewelry, ancient coins ... Greek sculpture of a nude boy, with the arms ...

In a significant step to combat the illegal trafficking of cultural heritage items, the Cyprus customs department on Friday handed over two ancient ... coin, dating approximately from 310–30 BC ...

The Annunciation Greek Church on Hershey Avenue in Lancaster city recently finished a 10-year project for installing a new iconography. The iconograph covers the walls and ceilings and tells the ...

A Greek city that tourists haven’t even heard ... The city’s history, dating back to its founding in 315 BC, is celebrated at the Archaeological Museum and the Museum of Byzantine Culture.

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s prime minister on Tuesday announced 1 billion euros ($1.15 billion) in financial benefits for lower-income households and the public investment program ...