Archaeologists discover an untouched 2,000‑year‑old gold coin in a Sicilian coastal necropolis, a rare find that sheds new light on ancient treasure. Archaeologists have uncovered a rare fifth‑century BC gold coin minted by Syracuse during an urgent...

Gold coins unearthed at an ancient Turkish site spark a mystery as researchers investigate their centuries‑old origins. A team of archaeologists has uncovered a concealed cache of Persian gold coins beneath the ancient settlement of Notion, located on...

Divers recovered hundreds of gold coins from an English wreck; newly uncovered London legal records finally reveal the ship’s name, cargo and doomed voyage. Thirty years after a glint of gold first caught a diver’s eye on the sands of Devon’s...

“We also saw a gold nugget lying there. That’s when we realized it was something bigger.” A container filled with gold coins. Credit: Lokale Politie Dendermonde/Facebook The team uncovered numerous coins and bars, prompting an immediate call to law...

Decades after vanishing underground before World War II, a long-lost hoard of rare coins has finally been unearthed. Discover the story of the discovery. For decades, one of the world’s most significant private numismatic troves remained entirely...

Divers find a millennium‑old Byzantine shipwreck treasure of gold in the Mediterranean, revealing a hidden ancient hoard. A Byzantine merchant vessel discovered off Croatia’s island of Mljet has yielded the most extensive assemblage of gold artefacts...

Archaeologists have uncovered evidence of large-scale minting at Corent, revealing new details about Arvernian coin production before the Roman conquest. Archaeologists working at the Corent site in France have uncovered evidence of a massive,...

A daring deep‑sea salvage in the Barents Sea pierced a WWII war grave 800 ft down, retrieving Stalin’s long‑lost wartime cargo. On September 16, 1981, a gold bar was lifted from the wreck of HMS Edinburgh, a British cruiser that had rested on its side...

a tangible entry point for the public to connect with the galleon’s story, while conservation work proceeds. Three gold coins recovered from the San José.Colombian General Maritime Directorate/AFP/ Earlier remote‑operated vehicle surveys in 2024 charted...

A 500-year-old shipwreck filled with gold coins has been unearthed in a Namibian diamond mine, revealing secrets of a vanished maritime trading world. In April 2008, miners scouring Namibia’s Atlantic coast for diamonds stumbled upon a historical...

A 62‑acre site near Hradec Králové produced 13,000 bags of artifacts but no graves, walls or clear reason for its disappearance. While surveying a new highway route in the Bohemia region of the Czech Republic, construction workers near Hradec Králové...

dismissed by the site crew as loose change, the objects turned out to be a substantial collection of bullion bars, gold coins, and other precious items secreted away inside a brick-walled cellar. The discovery was made by a team of workers, including an...

century, indicating that Ain El‑Sabil participated in the empire’s monetary circulation. Even more striking are the gold coins attributed to Constantius II, who ruled from 337 to 361 AD. Gold pieces were seldom found in domestic contexts, so their...

A routine highway survey in the Czech Republic has uncovered a massive cache of ancient gold, revealing hidden treasures untouched for over 2,000 years. Archaeologists surveying a site for the planned D35 motorway in the Czech Republic have uncovered...

A diver uncovered a rare gold cross from a centuries‑old Spanish shipwreck off Bermuda, but the artifact vanished decades later and remains unrecovered. A diver uncovered a gold cross set with emeralds among the remains of a 16th‑century Spanish...

Egyptian excavations uncover a Byzantine town with streets, a church, and tombs packed with gold burial items. Egypt remains a premier laboratory for uncovering tangible clues about ancient societies, their worship practices, and mortuary rituals....

A routine highway survey in the Czech Republic has uncovered a stunning collection of ancient gold artifacts hidden for over 2,000 years. A routine archaeological survey ahead of highway construction in the Czech Republic has evolved into a historic...

The 500-year-old wreck of the Portuguese ship Bom Jesus has been discovered in Namibia, revealing a treasure trove of gold, ivory, and historical artifacts. A Treasure Trove Reclaimed from the Namib Desert For nearly five centuries, the final resting...

Four centuries after her burial with a sickle and padlock, scientists have finally reconstructed the face of this suspected 17th-century “vampire.” Archaeologists excavating a 17th-century cemetery in Pień, Poland, unearthed the remains of a young...

A five-year study will examine 250 Dead Sea Scroll fragments, but the elusive Copper Scroll and its treasure sites lie outside its scope. The European Research Council has allocated €2.5 million to Professor Mladen Popović of the University of...