There have been many “empires of the sword” but very few “empires of the spirit,” and India was one of them, said historian ...

Archaeological work at Barham Quarry has unearthed a beautiful coin. The coin in question is a silver denarius of the later ...

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In 1940, at the height of World War II, Italy invaded Egypt from its colony in Libya. The region later fell under the power ...

Archaeologists have discovered a "unique" ancient Roman drinking vessel mysteriously embedded in an Anglo-Saxon burial from the early 6th century A.D. The burial is one of 49 that were interred ...

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In the basement of a jewellery and art store in Athens, artifacts from the 7th century BC were discovered. The find was ...

Following the murder in 44 B.C.E., Brutus minted the gold aureus to promote his own image and celebrate his military ...

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A number of Byzantine coins discovered in China and Japan indicate that there was a trade link between the Byzantine Empire ...

The ancient gold coin of Brutus was the star coin in a trio of auctions held at the auction house Numismatica Genevensis SA.

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