A diver just stumbled upon a bounty of ancient coins off the coast ... The bronze and copper coins were originally minted in Rome. A diver stumbled across the find of a lifetime off the coast ...

MiBAC/FacebookThe crack in the stone jar revealed the hundreds of ancient Roman gold coins that were inside of it.

Unfortunately for the Romans, however, these tariffs often led to higher prices, black markets and other economic problems.

Much like similar derogatory titles “siren” and “fury”, the term “harpy” is derived from a group of monstrous female figures from ancient Greek and Roman mythology. In Greek and Roman ...

The gold and silver mines of ancient Greece produced the metals needed to forge empires and lay the foundations of Western ...

Contemporary writings on art, including a book by Roman author Pliny the Elder, mention the fact that sculptures in ancient Greece were painted and not left with the white marble exposed.

In ancient Greece and Rome, statues not only looked beautiful—they smelled good, too. That’s the conclusion of a new study published this month in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology.

Other finds from the 2,400-year-old tomb including coins (1), metal items (2, 4, 5), bread crumbs (3) and glass beads (6). Photo from Greece’s Ministry of Culture and Sports The tomb also began being ...

The gold ring, coins, and gold leaves found in ancient Corinth, Greece. Credit: Greek Ministry of Culture The ... before being converted into a healing sanctuary in the late Roman period. The ...

Science has previously shown that sculptures from ancient Greece and Rome were frequently painted in warm colours. A recent study from Denmark has now discovered that some of these sculptures were ...

Soon after, in the ancient Roman era ... Photo from Greece’s Ministry of Culture and Sports Other finds included coins dating from 300 B.C. to 300 A.D., glass beads, bronze jewelry and bread ...