A recent archaeological excavation in Switzerland took a somber turn when historians discovered a collection of infant ...

Archaeologists identified the stone as a 1,900-year-old Roman altar honoring an unexpected deity, the society said. A photo shows the worn gray artifact. What are we learning about the past?

Builders were stunned when they stumbled across one of the largest hoards of Roman coins ever found in Britain — worth more than £100,000 (about $126,000). A total of 1,368 Iron Age and Roman ...

Hundreds of Roman-era gold and silver coins were found in a field outside a village in the Netherlands, officials announced this week. The coins are thousands of years old, the Netherlands ...

A coin unearthed by a metal detectorist in a field he had been visiting for more than 20 years is expected to fetch up to £6,000 at auction. Retired builder Paul Capewell described the Roman coin ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. A team of archaeologists recently discovered a hoard of 141 Roman ...

A metal detectorist from England spent six years searching a single field before locating a rare Roman coin from 69 A.D. The coin, believed to be the only of its kind discovered in the British ...

The group, known as the Tarnogród Regional Society Explorers Group, took their finds to officials who identified the coins as ancient Roman artifacts. In total, the group found seven ancient ...

One of only three altars to survive from Roman Manchester and the first inscription to be found since the 19th century.The Roman altar was set up by a man called Aelius Victor in honour of the ...

Archaeologists excavating a medieval monastery in Spain unearthed a unique 1,900-year-old Roman altar dedicated to a Basque deity, photos show. Photo from Juantxo Agirre via Aranzadi Science ...