Long before Visa and Mastercard, a currency known as the owl was the accepted payment method across much of the civilized world. Originating in Ancient ... the coins feature the head of Athena ...

Like many other coins from the long history of ancient Athens, this coin features the goddess Athena on the obverse and an owl (the symbol ... According to the ancient Greek writer Pausanias ...

Ancient Greek pottery portraying Achilles and Penthesileia ... Beginning in the late 5th century BC, Athenian hoplites, or soldiers, commonly used an owl, the emblem of the goddess Athena, to signify ...

The Ancient ... Several Greek kings of Kashmir have been identified through the Kharosthti inscriptions and statues in the Lolab Valley. These have been found by Mr. Iqbal Ahmad, a trained numismatist ...

Rare and exceptional artworks from the world’s most acclaimed civilizations are set to cross the auction block, including ...

At this Athens workshop, replicating antiquities promotes Greek culture and creates the country’s ultimate souvenirs. Plaster casts of an ancient Greek bust of Sappho, the poetess, are created ...

Marius Mangeac A man recently discovered nearly 1,500 silver coins from ancient Rome while hiking. Romanian man Marius Mangeac made the discovery in April while walking with his metal detector in ...

Two recently discovered ancient gold rings set with garnets reveal how Greek trends and customs became part of life in ...

That someone who sings about folklore, and weaves meaning and superstition into her art and wardrobe choices, would be drawn to jewellery inspired by ancient coins and medallions makes sense.

An ordinary spring day quickly became extraordinary after a nature-loving metal detectorist unearthed a cache of ancient treasure ... Mangeac said that he found the coins “on a beautiful ...