In ancient Rome, the average adult male ate two pounds of grain a day in the form of porridge or bread. The standard measure ...

David Dunn, a plumber from Sapcote, Leicestershire, is auctioning off 50 coins that he found while metal detecting in summer 2023. The hoard dates back to Ancient Rome.

A collection of ancient silver coins was unearthed recently on a small island in the Mediterranean Sea, officials said this week. The treasure trove dates back more than 2,000 years, with the ...

Some people think that learning history might be useless. "It already happened, what's the point?" Yet the truth is that ...

Estimated to realize between $301,850 and $494,450, the sale far exceeded expectations, totaling an impressive ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a remarkable hoard of gold coins thought to be more than 2,000 years old in an ancient Greek city. The coins—likely dated to the 5th century B.C.—were found ...

The excavation of an ancient Greek city in Turkey uncovered a stash of gold coins from about 2,500 years ago. The find offers a glimpse into a conflict-ridden time.

Centuries-old coins, believed to be part of a $17 billion treasure trove on the shipwreck of the Spanish galleon ship San ...

A plant used by the ancient Greeks for medicine, food and even contraception, was one of the most sought-after goods in the ...

Ancient coins seized by Spain's Civil Guard as part of Operation Pandora, ... metal and weapons dating to Roman times, offered for sale online and discovered in a private apartment.

Visitors are damaging the Giant’s Causeway in Co Antrim by wedging coins into the cracks of the basalt columns, causing the rocks to stain and crumble. The coins rust and expand to three times ...