An exquisite golden ring and a pair of earrings dating to the Roman period (1st-3rd centuries CE) have recently been unearthed during archaeological excavations at the Sussita (Hippos) National Park, ...
The pagan Anglo-Saxons copied a gold Roman coin with Christian imagery, but they didn't do a very good job. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...
Imagine the angst that a rich Roman woman must have felt in the year 61 when she had to abandon her gold and silver jewelry, buried beneath the floor of a house in the British town of Colchester.
These jewelery hawkers were sitting on a gold mine! A treasure trove of rare ancient Roman jewelry was discovered under a department store in England — which happens to sell the modern-day versions.
The coin features the bust of Honorius on one side. The other side depicts a person holding a banner or flag with a cross on it. Andrew Williams / Norfolk County Council About two years ago, a metal ...
A small pit filled with ancient Roman jewelry that dates back nearly 2,000 years to a violent riot that occurred around A.D. 61 was unearthed beneath a London-area department store, according to a ...
A man could barely contain his excitement after finding 2,000-year-old jewelry at the beach, which he theorized other people had presumed was trash. Lukus Merriman shared a clip to his TikTok account, ...
Archaeologists in southwestern France have uncovered a Roman cremation site so lavish that it forces a rethink of how wealth, status, and memory were displayed on the fringes of the empire. At the ...
The Roman writer Cicero (106-43 BCE) recalls how a wealthy lady named Clodia would take gold (perhaps bars or ingots or ...