The city of Iskenderun, also known as Alexandretta, in todays Turkey, was originally founded by Alexander the Great.

The coins originated from various regions, including those minted by Madelinus, a moneyer from the Frisian trading hub of ...

Renowned for their sense of commerce and diplomacy along the Silk Road from Antiquity to the High Middle Ages, the Sogdians ...

Buried at the Hezingen site, researchers discovered 25 gold coins, as well as gold pendants and a fragment of a silver ...

A metal detectorist discovered ancient gold coins in the Netherlands that turned out to be a cult ritual offering. Experts ...

David Dunn, a plumber from Sapcote, Leicestershire, is auctioning off 50 coins that he found while metal detecting in summer 2023. The hoard dates back to Ancient Rome.

A stunning hoard of over 400 Roman and British coins has been discovered in the Netherlands, offering a glimpse into the ...

The tale of the ancient Greeks in Libya begins in 630 BC with a group of islanders from Thera, Santorini, establishing Cyrene.

Unlike ancient conquerors who took rape and pillage as their right in victory, Alexander tended to stick to the latter and ...

A little further south, at the foot of Mount Olympus (the most sacred site in Ancient Greece) is Dion, where Alexander made sacrifices to the god Zeus before setting out for Persia. And east of ...

For centuries, the monumental complex of Qaṣr-e Šīrīn, located in the province of Kermanshah, Iran, has been the subject of ...

The Battle of Salamis was one of the decisive battles of world history, in which the small city-states of ancient Greece joined forces to take on the mighty Persian Empire. After the defeat and ...