An ancient Judean shekel coin was sold at auction for $1.1 million. The coin, the first silver shekel struck in Jerusalem by Jewish forces rebelling against the Romans in the first century ...

A collection of ancient Roman coins amassed by a former Latin teacher from Connecticut was sold at auction for over $1 ...

A gold shilling located by a metal detectorist near Norwich may be no larger than a fingernail, but it wields quite a bit of ...

Following Spain’s arrival to the Americas, the kingdom began minting copper Maravedis in the early 1500s specifically for ...

“But our study is a significant first step in rethinking what we know about literacy in ancient Judea, which now seems to have emerged before its political independence from the empires fighting ...

A new study suggests that the Salome buried in this tomb was, in fact, not the apocryphal Biblical figure, but rather the younger sister of Judean king Herod the Great. Given the underground ...

The story it depicts is more often seen in mosaics Created 5,000 years ago, the mysterious color has been found on artworks and artifacts throughout the ancient world. But the pigment’s recipe ...

There's some big news about America's littlest coin in circulation. The U.S. Mint has placed its last order for pennies, meaning once they run out, it will be the last time the little brown coin ...

A man was taken into police custody on Saturday after he broke the armrest off an ancient Vietnamese throne recognized as a ‘national treasure,’ Vietnamese state media reported. The throne ...