A recent study by Dr. Ignacio Montero-Ruiz and his colleagues examined the provenance of ancient copper artifacts discovered on the Island of Ibo off Mozambique's coast. The study, published in Azania ...

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

It started with a jar of pennies. A small red and white jar, sitting in his grandfather’s house…the kind of thing most people ...

McMaster University Libraries is partnering with the McMaster Museum of Art to host an exhibition that will feature rare ...

Buried beneath a quiet Italian town, a 2,000-year-old necropolis has revealed the rare tomb of a Roman gladiator.

Italian archaeologists recently unearthed ancient Roman tombs during the excavation ... to unearth "grave goods" at the site, consisting of coins, lamps and small vases. The discoveries then ...

Few things in history combine human creativity, economy, and culture like ancient coins. Now, toss in a healthy dose of biblical history, and you've got ...

A Roman coin that is believed to be the first of its kind found in the UK has sold for nearly £5,000. Ron Walters, 76, from Kingswinford, West Midlands, found the coin with his metal detector in Wall ...

A Roman coin that is believed to be the first of its kind found in the UK has sold for nearly £5,000. Ron Walters, 76, from Kingswinford, West Midlands, found the coin with his metal detector in ...

A vast coin collection, much of which was buried underground for more than 50 years, is expected to fetch in excess of $100 million at auction, according to experts. The Traveller Collection ...

A metal detectorist named Peter Heads discovered an “exceptional” Iron Age hoard outside of Melsonby, North Yorkshire, UK.