Archaeologists often spend long amounts of time at a dig site, only to dig up garbage such as bottle caps and soda cans, or ...

Ancient historians recorded legends about the invention of the first coins, and archaeologists have found some surprising ...

Ancient Greeks developed sophisticated units of measurement ranging from measuring length, distance, volume, and weight of ...

ancient and priceless Greek and Roman coins. Not in Greece and not in Italy. The hunt was… ...

Designed by the Greek inventor Heron, this coin-operated holy water dispenser was used in Egyptian temples to dispense water for ritual washings. Worshippers would place a coin into the machine and ...