Smithsonian Magazine13h
Archaeologists Discover Ancient Tokens That Roman Soldiers Used to Play Strategy Games
The lentil-shaped objects were unearthed in Hadrianopolis, an ancient city in modern-day Turkey, that once hosted a Roman ...
Two treasure hunters uncovered a rare hoard of 404 Roman and British coins in the Netherlands
On a wet October day, former policeman Gert-Jan Messelaar and Reinier Koelink, ventured into a field in Bunnik where they ...
Diver Uncovers Massive Haul of Ancient Roman Coins — It May Lead to a Hidden Shipwreck
A diver just stumbled upon a bounty of ancient coins off the coast of Italy. Cultural ministers believe the that find could ...
Greek Reporter4d
Medieval Gold and Silver Coins Unearthed in Galilee, Israel
Archaeologists unearthed 364 medieval gold and silver coins near a collapsed wall in the ancient village of Huqoq in Galilee, ...
Associated Press15d
‘Big Brother is watching you': Collector’s coin marks George Orwell’s death 75 years ago
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This photo, provided by The Royal Mint on Monday, Jan. 13, 2025, shows a portrait of George Orwell and a new ...
Fox News23d
Ancient treasure, largest of its kind in Israel, found buried in 2,100-year-old kitchen
Archaeologists and students recently discovered a treasure trove consisting of 160 ancient coins during an excavation in Israel. The discovery, which was announced by the University of Haifa on ...
cryptonews27d
PEPETO Raises $3M in Presale: Meme coin Blends Ancient Mythology with Cross-Chain Innovation
PEPETO, a new meme coin project focused on cross-chain solutions ... PEPETO’s narrative begins in ancient Sumerian times, where the project’s namesake deity first discovered the documents of Power and ...
Hyperallergic28d
Search for Cleopatra’s Tomb Yields Trove of Ancient Artifacts
Among the findings reported by Dominican archaeologist Kathleen Martinez, who has been digging at the site since 2005 in search of Cleopatra VII’s tomb, were 337 ancient coins bearing the queen ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation28d
Lifelong coin collector wins first coin of the year in ballot at the Royal Australian Mint
2025 was only a few hours old when it brought "lucky" 25-year-old Daniella Vido something she'd always wanted — the chance to strike the world's first coin for the new year. The lifelong coin ...
Science Daily28d
Ancient DNA unlocks new understanding of migrations in the first millennium AD
Ancient DNA unlocks new understanding of migrations in the first millennium AD. ScienceDaily . Retrieved January 25, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 / 01 / 250101132012.htm ...
Phys.org28d
Ancient DNA sheds light on hidden European migrations in first millennium AD
Waves of human migration across Europe during the first millennium AD have been revealed using a more precise method of analyzing ancestry with ancient DNA, in research led by the Francis Crick ...
CBS News28d
Rare trove of ancient coins found in Israel: "Archaeological Hanukkah miracle"
A rare collection of ancient coins was discovered last week by Israeli researchers, who called the find an "archaeological Hanukkah miracle." The coins are more than 2,000 years old and believed ...