BERLIN — A senior official in southern Germany said Wednesday that organized crime groups were likely behind the theft of a huge horde of ancient gold coins stolen from a museum this week. The 483 ...

The Circus Maximus, the stadium where Romans gathered by the tens of thousands to watch chariot races and other spectacles, had lap counters shaped like dolphins. Those dolphins are visible on the ...

WORCESTERSHIRE, England (WKRC) - A man discovered a cache of over 1,000 coins from nearly 2,000 years ago by using nothing more than a metal detector. According to a release from Museums ...

FILE - Coins of the Celtic Treasure are on display at the local Celtic and Roman Museum in Manching, Germany, May 31, 2006. (Frank Maechler/dpa via AP, file) BERLIN (AP) — Three men were convicted ...

He found the 2,000-year-old coins in 2017 but only in 2025 turned the discovery over to the proper authorities ...

A cache of old coins found in a Welsh field were determined to be about 2,000 years old, according to the experts who analyzed them and believe the treasure was buried during the Roman Empire. David ...

A trove of 29 rare coins was recently unearthed in Greece, some of which were minted during the ancient Olympic Games, officials said. The pieces were discovered during an archaeological excavation in ...

An ancient Greek city in modern-day western Turkey was the setting for the finding of gold coins dating back thousands of years. Researchers led by University of Michigan archaeologist Christopher ...

Harvard Art Museums opened their doors Friday for a hands-on display of ancient Egyptian artifacts, the first in a series of “First/Hand Fridays” that allows Harvard students to touch items in the ...

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS—According to a statement released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), 51 coins were repatriated to Greece in a ceremony in Chicago attended by Alexandra Papadopoulou, ...

Thieves who broke into a southern German museum and stole hundreds of ancient gold coins got in and out in nine minutes without raising the alarm, officials said Wednesday, in a further sign that the ...