Nowadays, we probably never stop to think about why money was invented. If you are a cynical person, you wont be surprised to ...

A metal detectorist uncovered the hoard of 1,368 ancient coins, mostly silver denarii from the Roman era, in a pot in Worcestershire. The oldest coin in the treasure dates from 157 BCE, and the only ...

Nabis, the last king of Sparta, is often described as both a king and a tyrant, depending on the perspective and sources.

Drunken, barbaric warriors who went into battle naked against the Romans — or matriarchal societies with refined artistry and ...

Red envelopes are a cherished cultural tradition in China and many other parts of Asia. Here’s where they come from – and ...

DENVER ( KDVR) — The best museum in Colorado is right in the heart of Denver, according to a popular travel magazine. Denver’s many museums and attractions have helped the Mile High City earn ...

On a wet October day, former policeman Gert-Jan Messelaar and Reinier Koelink, ventured into a field in Bunnik where they ...

The mass production of silver coins in the Roman Empire had an unintended ... cores of ice from the Arctic that formed from 500 BCE to 600 CE, a time that spans the rise of the Roman Republic ...

The artifact emerged from the ruins of an ancient Roman building-turned-workshop in Sicily from the second or first century ...

Archaeologists have found a 13-cm-long iron knife broken in three parts in the ongoing excavation site in Marungur in present ...

New research examines artifacts found in 2018 in two vessels next to the synagogue at Huqoq, in an excavation led by Prof.

Coins were primarily minted to pay the army ... an honor bestowed on him by the Roman Senate in mid-February 44 BCE. On the reverse is his mythical ancestor Venus holding Victory.