Greek guard charged in crackdown on antiquities smuggling rings
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 ...
Apollo gold ring with 'healing serpent' found in 2,000-year-old tomb in Greece
A monumental tomb found near Corinth has revealed several burials, along with artifacts reflecting its later use as a healing ...
2,400-year-old tomb with gold treasures unearthed in Greece. See what looters missed
Walking into the ruins of an ancient tomb in southern Greece, archaeologists inadvertently joined a centuries-long tradition.
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Coinage and Bank Notes
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 ...
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Ancient Greek Coin Has Become the Seal of Afghanistan’s Central Bank
The idea right before Afghanistan’s bank was established was to use the coin as a signal of improvement in the Afghan image. Credit: Classical Numismatic Group Inc., CC BY-SA 3 via Wikimedia Commons ...
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Political history & Ancient Greece
Thomas W Hodgkinson: There Was No Sorcerer - Box Office Poison: Hollywood’s Story in a Century of Flops by Tim Robey Thomas W Hodgkinson - There Was No Sorcerer Thomas W Hodgkinson: There Was No ...
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Met Museum Returning Ancient Bronze Thought Stolen from Greek Museum
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 ...
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Coins, a Form of Marketing in Ancient Greece
An ancient coin, Gold Decadrachm of Hieron II, Syracuse, 275 BC–263 BC. This coin highlights the powerful imagery used by ancient Greek rulers to build their brands, assert their authority, and ...