Ancient Greek coins acted as a version of social media, broadcasting political power and national identity to every level of ...

Explore the fascinating world of drugs in ancient history, from the Scythians’ opium- and cannabis-laced vessels to Greek and Roman medical and ritual use. Learn how opium served as a painkiller, ...

5th century BC. The Persian Achaemenid Empire, established half a century earlier under Cyrus the Great, stretched from ...

Afghanistan's central bank seal features a 2nd-century BC Greek tetradrachm of King Eucratides I, depicting the Dioscuri ...

The seal of Afghanistan's Bank depicts an image from an ancient Greek coin and is overlaid on every banknote of the Central ...

Police uncovered ancient Roman, Greek, Byzantine artefacts including coins from the car of a Syrian-born German national.

If you were to visit a bookshop in the ancient world, what would it be like? You don't just have to imagine it. The ancient Roman writer Aulus Gellius, who lived in the 2nd century CE, gives us a ...

Ancient scientists can be easy to dismiss. Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus, often described as the West's first scientist, believed the whole Earth was suspended on water. Roman encyclopedist ...

Jemima McPhee receives funding from an Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarship. Ancient scientists can be easy to dismiss. Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus, often ...

Two rare Celtic gold coins dating to the 3rd Century BCE were uncovered near Arisdorf, marking the oldest gold coins ever found in Switzerland, shedding light on ancient trade and ritual practices.

An excavation in Senon, France, unearthed three amphorae full of ancient Roman coins that had been buried under the floor of what was once a living room. This region of France was once populated by a ...