The city was founded in the 8th century BCE and was inhabited for centuries before it sank into the Mediterranean Sea.

The earliest 'coins' reproduced familiar objects, which had themselves probably been used as a means of exchange. Natural cowry shells originally served this function. Around the eighth century BC ...

A rare two-pence coin made with a 'major error' on it has sold for £700 at auction. At first glance, it can be hard to spot what is wrong with the 1983 2p coin which went under the hammer at RWB ...

Archaeology is a weird field sometimes, and the weirdest archaeological discoveries in 2024 left us with more questions than ...

A 34-year-old archaeologist ... of the coins. The coins were discovered with a metal detector in the grounds of Helmingham Hall near Stowmarket in Suffolk. "It was on September 8th, 2019, that ...

The French coin ... century has been discovered in Guernsey. Metal detectorist Nicola White said she found the coin from the 1600s on the grounds of Sausmarez Manor on Wednesday. The coin, worth 1 ...

The amateur treasure hunters had stumbled upon a rare find: a nearly 1,000-year-old silver coin ... they had collected 2,584 silver coins from the 11th century, during the time of the bloody ...

Archaeologists have started their next phase of works to excavate an 8th Century monastery. The team from the University of Reading first discovered the Anglo-Saxon site in Cookham, Berkshire ...

In a farmer's field in southwest England, Staples and six friends had found a hoard of more than 2,500 silver coins that had lain in the ground for almost 1,000 years. Valued at $5.6 million and ...

Archaeologists are carrying out further excavations at an 8th Century monastery to provide more insight into life and death more than 1,200 years ago. The team from the University of Reading first ...

LONDON (AP) — Adam Staples knew he’d found something when his metal detector let out a beep. And then another. And another. Soon “it was just ‘beep beep, beep beep, beep beep ...

Following the rate cut, the average mortgage rate fell for the eighth week in a row, according to new data from the Mortgage Bankers Association, with rates dropping to 6.13% — their lowest ...