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

The UK is home to many ancient sites, but few are as fascinating as the abandoned Roman gold mines hidden in the Welsh ...

Archaeologists recently unearthed an impressive mining complex dating back 3,000 years, which had been used to extract gold and pulverize and filter quartz.

Walking into the ruins of an ancient tomb in southern Greece, archaeologists inadvertently joined a centuries-long tradition. The 2,400-year-old tomb had seen all manner of visitors from mourners to ...

Each of the 16 coins is a denarius — the standard Roman coin — and Marsden estimates that the entire ... or coins that are at ...

Sifting through the dark brown soil of southwestern Scotland, archaeologists unearthed a “rare” and “visually striking” Roman ...

A new book explores how the Roman Empire influenced early Scandinavian societies, laying the foundation for Viking civilization.

Elsewhere in England, archaeologists have recently discovered a "mysterious lump" of a purple substance that in Roman times would have been worth more than gold, and a stash of coins worth over $ ...

A hoard of 16 silver Roman coins spanning two centuries has been discovered in a field by a detectorist. The denarii date from the late Roman Republic to the reign of Marcus Aurelius and his wife ...