A cache of Byzantine-era gold coins and pearl-inlaid earrings dating back over 1,500 years was unearthed by archaeologists at the ancient city of Hippos in Israel.

Artifacts from an ancient Greek sanctuary and a Bronze Age dwelling in Italy’s Pertosa-Auletta Caves reveal insights into ...

Imagine stumbling upon a piece of genuine history while doing something totally mundane, like cleaning out your garage or ...

Archaeologists find more than 500 Celtic gold and silver coins, jewelry, and ingots dating from between the 6th and 1st ...

The saga of Alexander the Great has inspired endless tomes, yet most dwell on his epic campaigns while glossing over the ...

Gitana was the second, and one of the most important, capitals and political centers of Ancient Thesprotia, a region in ...

Among their finds were tableware, tools, almonds, sailor's sandals and even spear points in the hull – possible evidence that the ship sank in an attack. The ship and many of the artefacts she carried ...

The redesign of the Western Range of the British Museum, announced earlier this year, is the latest stage of a 272-year-long ...

Two ancient Roman bronze dodecahedrons and an icosahedron (3rd c. AD) in the Rheinisches Landesmuseum in Bonn, Germany. The dodecahedrons were excavated in Bonn and Frechen-Bachem; the icosahedron in ...

Once many objects came to the museum through conflict and colonial exploitation, but today they arrive by donations, bequests ...

Money shapes every aspect of modern life, but its journey from ancient commodities to digital currency spans thousands of ...