Nowadays, we probably never stop to think about why money was invented. If you are a cynical person, you won't be surprised ...

Associate Professor and Director, Ancient ... left): “Shekel Israel Year 3”, and the reverse with three budding pomegranates and an inscription: “Jerusalem the Holy”. Other coins in ...

Simple silver coins like the shekel were adopted by civilizations across the Mediterranean like the Ancient Greeks and were some of the earliest coins used in international trade. The Roman Empire ...

The Armenian Quarter of Jerusalem (Hayots t’agh in Armenian), the smallest of the four quarters of Jerusalem, is located in the Southwestern corner of the Old City. Much of this quarter is ...

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Archaeologists in Luxembourg have unearthed a stash of Roman gold coins dating back some 1,600 years. The coins are marked ...

Archaeologists in Luxembourg have unearthed a trove of 141 ancient Roman coins worth more than €300,000 ($310,000).

A Byzantine gold coin that was recently discovered in the mountains of southern Norway has historians perplexed over how it ...

Dozens of ancient coins believed to have been stolen by Roman troops during the conquest of Britain have been unearthed in a Dutch field. The 44 gold coins bearing the inscription of AD40 British ...