In a nondescript Lombard office building, pieces of ancient Greek history were returned on Wednesday to their rightful owner. "These coins are very important to our cultural heritage," a beaming ...

A trove of 29 rare coins was recently unearthed in Greece, some of which were minted during the ancient Olympic Games, officials said. The pieces were discovered during an archaeological excavation in ...

Greek archaeologists recently uncovered a trove of ancient artifacts while exploring the lost city of Tenea, which legend suggests was built some 3,000 years ago by Trojan prisoners of war. More than ...

An ancient Greek city in modern-day western Turkey was the setting for the finding of gold coins dating back thousands of years. Researchers led by University of Michigan archaeologist Christopher ...

THE Greek word for money, chrema, carries a significance its English translation cannot fully convey. “It means ‘to need’ and ‘to use’ together,” explains Nicholas Stampolidis, director of the Museum ...

ANN ARBOR, MI - Inside a pot buried beneath an ancient Persian home in west Turkey, Christopher Rattè made the discovery of his long career. The professor of ancient Mediterranean art and archaeology ...

In summer 2016, Paul Scotton, chair of comparative literature and classics at California State University, Long Beach, began leading an excavation at the Lechaion Harbor of Ancient Corinth in Greece, ...

Archaeologists in Greece have uncovered rare jewels, coins and other artefacts while excavating tombs near the ruins of the classical city of Corinth dating to between the fourth and first centuries A ...

A trove of rare coins was recently unearthed in Greece, officials said. Some of them were minted during ancient Olympic Games. Photo from the Greek Ministry of Culture A trove of 29 rare coins was ...