Founded by Alexander the Great's father King Philip II in 356 B.C.E., the historic city of Philippi has become one of the ...

A guest lecturer at UBC Okanagan says ancient ... coins of the Roman empire show an enormous variety of information,” he said, adding as an example in roughly 200 AD, you can trace women’s ...

A RARE ancient Roman coin believed to be the first of its kind ever found in Britain that was found in a farmer’s field near Dudley has been sold for over £4,000 at auction. The coin, believed to be ...

Much like similar derogatory titles “siren” and “fury”, the term “harpy” is derived from a group of monstrous female figures ...

Two life-sized statues have been unearthed in Pompeii, including a bejewelled priestess of the ancient goddess Ceres.

A Roman coin that is believed to be the first of its kind found in the UK has sold for nearly £5,000. Ron Walters, 76, from Kingswinford, West Midlands, found the coin with his metal detector in ...

A Roman coin that is believed to be the first of its kind found in the UK has sold for nearly £5,000. Ron Walters, 76, from Kingswinford, West Midlands, found the coin with his metal detector in Wall ...

In a significant step to combat the illegal trafficking of cultural heritage items, the Cyprus customs department on Friday handed over two ancient coins to the department of antiquities.

Ancient manuscripts detailing the events during the Roman Empire are believed to contain 'first hand' evidence about the life and death of Jesus Christ. The Annals, written by the Roman historian ...

The official structure, stuffed with significant coins and Greek papyri, was likely later transformed into someone’s grave ...

The coin is thought to be the only one of its kind to be found in Britain A Roman coin that is believed to be the first of its kind found in the UK has sold for nearly £5,000. Ron Walters ...