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There are certain accoutrements that rulers across time appear to have agreed are necessary symbols of power. You probably want a crown, which might be made of precious metal, leaves, or possibly even ...

WASHINGTON, Dec 9 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor Antony ...

Archaeologists in France have discovered three ancient storage jars brimming with tens of thousands of Roman coins. The vessels were buried in pits 1,700 years ago in the house floor of an ancient ...

From dull relics to gleaming treasures, these Roman silver coins undergo a meticulous revival. The process shows the delicate art of balancing preservation with restoration, leaving behind coins that ...

Dozens of gold coins from the Roman period were stolen when a Swiss museum was robbed this week, police said Thursday, adding that the value of the bounty was still being calculated. The Roman Museum ...

Would a proposed coin featuring the president on both sides commemorate America’s founding, or undercut its founding principles? Flouting convention, the Trump coin would be the second U.S. coin ever ...

How often do you think about the Roman Empire? For a team of international researchers who went all in and mapped the ancient Roman road system, the answer — truly — is every day. And now, anyone can ...

The gold coin unearthed by a metal detectorist in a field in Gundorf, northwest of Leipzig in Germany, may be small, but it belies a considerable history. The Saxon State Office of Archaeology, to ...

A German metal detectorist located a massive Roman silver hoard in 2017, but for the last eight years, he’s kept it hidden from government officials. Made public this year, the hoard was illegally ...