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Hoard of coins illuminates triumphant Maccabee campaign in 2nd-century-BCE Israel
A rare intact Hellenistic estate at Khirbet el-Eika in Eastern Galilee was likely abandoned by its inhabitant as Yonatan ...
Hoard of silver Denarii from Nero, Claudius era found in British treasure hoard
A metal detectorist uncovered the hoard of 1,368 ancient coins, mostly silver denarii from the Roman era, in a pot in ...
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Not just gelt! Coins belonging to second king of the Hasmonean dynasty in miraculous discovery
Shay Bar, Yoav Farhi, and Mechael Osband, who led the excavation, discovered the 80/79 BCE-style coins on Friday – the third day of Hanukkah. Gelt, meaning gold or money, is traditionally gifted ...
Greek Reporter16d
Nabis: The Last King of Sparta—A Hero or a Tyrant?
Nabis, the last king of Sparta, is often described as both a king and a tyrant, depending on the perspective and sources.
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Lead Pollution May Have Lowered IQs in Ancient Rome, Study Finds
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 ...