India was the center of ancient trade, not China, historian William Dalrymple said, debunking popular historical claims at ...

The Parthian Battery or Baghdad Battery is one of the most fascinating inventions of the ancient world preceding the batteries we use today.

The Bank of Hindostan, General Bank of Bengal and Bengal Bank became the first banks in India to issue paper currency in the ...

and Zeus (reverse), to raise his brand as a divine ruler. Credit: American Numismatic Society. Public domain Alexander the Great took coin branding to unprecedented heights, making ancient Greek brand ...

T he foundation for much of what we now know as anti-money laundering (AML) originated in 1970 with a piece of U.S.

The ancient tradition of the Bell People in the Greek village of Distomo marks the end of carnival. Revelers clad themselves in animal skins and heavy bronze bells.

By Graham Bowley The Metropolitan Museum of Art is returning to Greece the bronze head of a ... that has been expanded from six to 11. The ancient Greeks often decorated their bronze cauldrons ...

Archaeologists in southern Greece unearthed a 2,400-year-old tomb in the ancient city of Tenea, revealing a wealth of ...

Coins minted from gold and silver later became a standardized medium of exchange in ancient Greece and Rome, making it easier to conduct large transactions across the Mediterranean and beyond.

Lead pollution in ancient Rome was so high that it dropped the population’s IQ by around 3 points, if not more. Elites were exposed to lead through water pipes, cooking pots, bath tubs ...