Major discoveries, from ancient tombs to submerged cities, reveal the incredible advancements of Greek civilization.

While ancient Greece is one of the best known cultures of antiquity, there are no surviving historical narratives covering ...

Villagers in Tarsus, Turkey, uncovered an ancient ceramic jar filled with over 1,100 silver coins while digging a grave.

Tourists headed to Rome’s Trevi Fountain in hopes of tossing the traditional coins, brace yourselves — the beloved historic ...

A joint team of Greek and Austrian archaeologists unearthed a massive ruined temple on a hill near Samikon in 2021 and identified it as a long-lost sanctuary of Poseidon. After several years of work, ...

A group of Turkish and Spanish scientists has revealed the results of an archaeological study in western Turkey that ...

One of the wonders of the ancient world, the Temple of Artemis stood for millennia, wearing natural and manmade disasters. A ...

How Ancient India Transformed the World is, therefore, not just about the wonder that was India but its influence on the rest ...

President Theodore Roosevelt was inspired by the artistic merit of ancient coins and sought to change the look of American coinage. In 1905 he asked famous sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens to create ...

The earliest coins used by ancient Greeks were typically made of electrum—a naturally occurring alloy of gold and silver—and featured symbolic designs like ...

Many of the words expected to be used by Chancellor Rachel Reeves in her Budget speech this week derive from Ancient Greece ...

In a 2013 auction, one of these rare coins sold for a whopping €6,600, having been driven up from its €2,500 starting value by eager hobbyists. The Greek €2 with a Finnish twist While the Greek €2 ...