A metal detectorist discovered a 1,000-year-old gold coin depicting Jesus Christ while exploring the mountains in Vestre Slidre, a municipality in southern Norway. Known as a "histamenon nomisma," ...

Researchers from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) encountered the "rare and unexpected" artefacts to the north of Tel Aviv, at Ramat Ha-Sharon. Archaeological excavations in preparation for the ...

Byzantine-era gold was stolen by Russians from the National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos in occupied Crimea, the Mission of the President of Ukraine in Crimea reported on May 22. Ancient items made ...

A metal detectorist discovered in the county of Innlandet, in inland Norway, a rare histamenon nomisma (literally standard coin), a Byzantine solid gold coin, minted in Constantinople around the year ...

When someone stashed 44 gold coins into a wall in the seventh century, they may have hoped to one day return and find their treasure again. Instead, almost 1,400 years on, the coins have been found by ...

Archaeologists in Israel have discovered a wine press, a rare gold coin and other artifacts linked to a settlement that stood in what’s now the Tel Aviv suburb of Ramat Ha-Sharon some 1,500 years ago.

Bronze rings uncovered from the excavation site, located on the outskirts of the ancient Israeli city of Arsuf. ASSAF PERETZ/ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY Hundreds of ancient coins, oil lamps and gold ...

A treasure trove of 44 gold coins hidden in a wall more than 1,000 years ago has been discovered by Israeli archaeologists. The coins date back to the seventh century AD None of them are dated later ...

A rugged Byzantine warrior, who was decapitated following the Ottoman's capture of his fort during the 14th century, had a jaw threaded with gold, a new study finds. An analysis of the Byzantine ...