Metal detectorists in Scotland have uncovered a rare cache of medieval gold and silver coins, which shed light on ...

In the middle of the sixth century B.C., King Croesus of Lydia minted the world's first gold coin. Known as a stater or ...

“This represents a huge amount of personal wealth for the individual or group who collected these coins,” said historian Rebecca Usherwood of Trinity College Dublin. In ancient times, gold coins were ...

The box yielded an array of sacred items, including idols of Lakshmi, Ganesh, Durga, a trident, a silver idol of Balaji, five maces, five Shaligrams, and nine ancient coins dating back to 1920 and ...

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 ...

Linguists and archaeologists have long argued about which group of ancient people spoke the original Indo-European language. A new study in the journal Nature throws a new theory into the fray.

Ancient-genomics researchers have pinpointed the homelands of a nomadic tribe that transformed the culture and genetics of Europe and Asia, revealing a potential source for the Indo–European ...

Two metal detectorists stumbled across a cache of coins dating back to Biblical times in a one-of-a-kind discovery, according to European officials. The Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands ...

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 ...

And now it carries a handsome cash prize: $1 million for anyone who can decipher the script of the ancient Indus Valley civilization. Relatively little is known about the creators of the script ...

Caves are natural shelters. Throughout our history, humans have made extensive use of them as spaces to create art, inter the dead and butcher animals for food and clothing. In this countdown ...

Languages: English. You can get in touch with Hugh by emailing [email protected] Elon Musk's father has entered the crypto space with his "Musk It" meme coin. Errol Musk and Nathan Browne ...