A guard protecting ancient sites in northern Greece has been charged with involvement in a crime ring smuggling out artefacts and selling them abroad, police officials said on Friday. The man was also ...

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

A monumental tomb found near Corinth has revealed several burials, along with artifacts reflecting its later use as a healing ...

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

Coin weights were the pocket-sized guardians of fair trade. Before modern banking, coin weights ensured fair transactions and ...

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

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

The first coins were struck in the British Isles 2000 years ago using designs copied from Greek coins. Following the Roman invasion of Britain in AD 43, the Roman coinage system was introduced. After ...

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.

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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 ...

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 ...