This specific iconography of subjugation — a bound captive struck by a weapon — has deep roots in Egyptian state ideology. It ...

Authorities in Israel seized hundreds of ancient coins dating to the Hellenistic world, shaped by Alexander the Great.

A historic achievement in the market for early American gold was recorded recently with the $3,000,000 sale of a 1798 Capped Bust Right “Small Eagle” gold half eagle. The transaction, concluded during ...

This coin can fetch between $2.5 million and $7 million in the open market. It is regarded as the rarest gold coin of the 20th century. It was produced in Denver, Colo., hence the D, and also named ...

Rising patrimony claims and seizures are putting ancient coin collectors and museums on alert, as recent cases highlight the ...

Napoleon’s Egyptian campaign was designed to weaken British power and expand French influence. Instead, it isolated his army ...

For nearly a century, this footage was hidden in dusty archives — but now, the earliest known video of the Great Sphinx has been found, restored, and released. Shot in 1897, it shows the monument ...

As one of history's most famous figures, many stop to wonder what Cleopatra VII Philopator really looked like.

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In what has become a Christmas Eve tradition, an unknown donor slipped a rare gold coin into the Salvation Army Red Kettle at Giant Eagle in Washington on Christmas Eve, The coin came with no fanfare ...

Two rare Celtic gold coins were discovered in a Swiss bog, and they may have been left there as an offering to the gods. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Hundreds of rare books were damaged when a pipe burst inside the Louvre’s Egyptian antiquities library, a setback that comes just weeks after the museum was rocked by a brazen jewel heist. The ...