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

The earthly remains of most of history’s 266 popes (plus some European royals) are buried in Rome—in dozens of catacombs and ...

For collectors who want to see just how many different Sede Vacante coins they might assemble or even get a sample of, those ...

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

From its centuries-old vineyards to its fairytale castles, Central Bohemia offers big attractions beyond the big city.

Archaeologists recently uncovered a trove of artifacts from a 17th-century military camp in Germany. Some of the findings ...

Gold is prized for its beauty and rarity but it is also indestructible, the same piece changing forms through history and ...

The Roman emperors were central figures in the ancient Roman religion. The emperor also served as high priest, since he was ...

When boyfriends come along, they become, as everyone, just another part of the business. Roman's empire started as a caravan park and developed into a multi-million pound leisure and travel agency ...

Reiner Riedler / Vienna Museum Researchers suspect the fighting took place sometime in the late first century C.E.—probably between 86 and 96 C.E. during the Roman Empire’s Danube campaigns ...

So how one of the coins from such a brief period ended up quite far from the Roman empire in a farmer’s fields in England is anyone’s guess. “I can only imagine a soldier traveled with it ...

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