UB Libraries and faculty to restore and study Greek and Roman coins from the eras of Julius Caesar, Alexander the Great and more BUFFALO, N.Y. — Finding a $20 bill could make your day. Find rare, ...

Walking into the ruins of an ancient tomb in southern Greece, archaeologists inadvertently joined a centuries-long tradition.

"We weren't actually looking for a pot of gold." Archaeologists were recently excavating a house from the third century B.C.E ...

But Alyattes had been making coins out of electrum, a naturally occurring gold-and-silver alloy that often has bits of other metals in it. Alyattes' coins were standardized based on weight ...

Archaeologists found an ancient Greek tomb with gold artifacts that ... including a gold ring with a semi-precious stone, two gold coins and several gold leaves from a wreath.