Greek archaeologists have discovered a small but interesting hoard of coins on the hill of…
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More than 1,500 years ago, a thriving harbour town southwest of Alexandria, Egypt, was a…
The British Museum has recently discovered the loss of valuable treasures from its collections, including…
The oldest Armenian coins found in Armenia date back to the 6th-5th centuries BC. As…
After being arrested for smuggling ancient Greek coins in 1992, Italian coin dealer Italo Vecchi, has been charged for possession of stolen coins worth $1 million and accused of assisting in counterfeiting the provenance of the Sicilian Naxos silver coin, minted around 430 B.C.
The United States has returned dozens of stolen ancient coins to Greece in what is…
68 Ancient Greek silver coins were discovered two days ago by a retired police officer…
The amphitheater is close to the size of the Colosseum in Rome, authorities said. The Colosseum, the largest ancient amphitheater still standing, is 188 meters (617 feet) in length and 156 meters in width.
A man was arrested at the port of Piraeus on Monday after authorities found in…
The US Department of Homeland Security returned ten ancient coins looted from Greece during a…
Greek police have arrested a 55 year old man in Larissa over the illegal possession…