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

Cardinal Carmelengo Kevin Farrell placed 12 coins in the coffin of Pope Francis before sealing it for burial. Father Emmanuel ...

A large necropolis discovered in an ancient oasis provides a missing piece to the archaeological puzzle of the Iron Age, officials said. Screengrab from the United Arab Emirates' Department of Culture ...

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

In death as in life, Pope Francis chose simplicity: a modest casket, carried before the faithful at St. Peter’s Basilica in a ...

The death of Pope Francis marks not only the passing of a spiritual leader but the beginning of a symbolic process rooted in ...

Here are the key things to know about the funeral of the first Latin American pontiff in the church’s history.

A plaque erected to mark the opening of a new electronic library at the Attorney General’s Department was removed because the writing thereon was only in Sinhala and English, and Tamil had been left ...

The ancient Greek city of Thebes played a central role in Greek history, appearing in many of the legends of Greek mythology.

The drawing on the vase called... Ancient Athens' oldest coins, minted in the period of the Athenian tyranny in the lead up to democracy in the 6th century BC, were created from ores such as silver ...