ROME – Italian and French archaeologists have discovered four skeletons and gold coins in the ruins of an ancient shop on the outskirts of Pompeii. Pompeii archaeological site officials said Friday ...

The coins date to the Abbasid Caliphate, which ruled 1,100 years ago during the Golden Age of Islam. A cache of ancient golden coins was found buried in a clay jar in Israel. Photo by Yoli Shwartz, ...

Archaeologists in France find three jars containing more than 40,000 Roman coins, revealing secrets of everyday life in ...

Archaeologists working beneath a quiet town in northeastern France weren’t expecting anything dramatic at first, so the dig ...

Who doesn't love a good treasure hunt? Whether you're digging through your grandparent's attic or sifting through coin shops, ...

A badger has led archaeologists to a hoard of more than 200 Roman coins that had been hidden in a cave in Spain for centuries. The animal had burrowed into a crack in the rock inside the La Cuesta ...

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