A pot full of gold coins has been uncovered underneath a house in an ancient city in Turkey. Every now and then, an incredible archaeological discovery leaves people stunned. Whether it’s an ...

It was an amphora, not a pot, but archaeologists found a literal jackpot in a dig in northern Italy last week. No word on if there was a rainbow. Hundreds of gold coins dating from Rome's late ...

One gold coin would have been the equivalent of a month’s salary for a mercenary soldier, according to the University of Michigan. Silver coins were more commonly used for daily expenses, such ...

The pot of gold coins with crime branch officials on Saturday On Thursday, while Shivappa Husanappa Godekar, 40, was digging the grounds at Gadgil Municipal School, his spade hit the ancient ...

The excavation of an ancient Greek city in Turkey uncovered a stash of gold coins from about 2,500 years ago. The find offers a glimpse into a conflict-ridden time.

Archaeologists Stumble Upon Ancient Pot of Gold Coins in Turkey Researchers think the hoard, which dates to the fifth century B.C.E., may have been buried during a time of upheaval.

A team of archaeologists and other researchers uncovered a cache of roughly 2,600-year-old gold coins that were likely an unknown mercenary’s salary. The gold was stored in a small pot in the ...

8/5: CBS News 24/7 Episode 2 43:44. Researchers from the University of Michigan's Notion Archaeological Project have struck gold. The team of archeologists discovered a "hoard of gold coins" from ...

The gold coins were found inside a room beneath a home in Notion, an ancient Greek city in western Turkey. They feature the figure of a kneeling archer, a design element used for the Persian daric ...

The silver coins were called sigloi, and the gold ones were darics — a name derived from either Darius I, who ruled the Persian Empire from 522 B.C. to 486 B.C., or dari-, the root of the Old ...

A pot full of gold coins has been uncovered underneath a house in an ancient city in Turkey. Every now and then, an ...