A diver stumbled across the find of a lifetime off the coast of Sardinia when a stray shiny item loosened itself from the sea ...

Three ancient coins were donated to the antiquities department after they were found among donations given to the Sophia for Children organisation, it announced on Tuesday.The three coins were found ...

Researchers think the coins are from a Buddhist shrine established amid much older ruins. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

(CNN) — Can a handful of ancient copper coins from a once-opulent but now abandoned corner of East Africa change what we know about Australian history? A team of researchers is on a mission to find ...

Millions of ancient looted coins from archaeological excavations enter the black market yearly, and a researcher who has seen plundered sites likens the thefts to stealing “smoking guns” from crime ...

Researchers have demonstrated that sensitive nondestructive evaluation (NDE) techniques can be used to determine the elemental composition of ancient coins, even coins that generally have been ...

Can a handful of ancient African coins, discovered almost 70 years ago by a lone soldier on a remote island, rewrite history? A weathered, hand-drawn map, with an "X" marking the spot on the ...

Several large sculptures were among the trove of artifacts that divers recovered from the waters near Alexandria, Egypt.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

(CN) — During the Bronze Age, beginnings of modern society began to emerge: Tool use expanded, agriculture replaced wild food, and people developed systems to trade money. The practice of using money ...

A heavy, round lump of metal turned up during routine yard work in Särdal, a coastal village in southwestern Sweden. It was ...