The discovery, made near the village of Holzthum in northern Luxembourg, includes 141 gold solidi, coins minted under the ...

Archaeologists uncovered a boundary stone, used to mark land borders during the Roman Empire, dated to a period during which ...

It’s long been rumored that a network of old, underground tunnels lies beneath Cusco, Peru, the capital of the ancient Incan ...

Archaeologists recently concluded their excavation of an area in Luxembourg that contained a hoard of 141 ancient Roman coins ...

He added that he knows of only one hoard from outside the empire that had more coins from this period—a stash of coins found in Poland. Roman coins from the third century are frequently ...

Britain wanted to have exclusive control of trade within her empire, but this would require more supervision across the oceans, which ultimately meant more expense.

World War Two had been extraordinarily costly for Britain and her empire, and in 1945 the country was exhausted and devastated. Aerial bombardment had destroyed many British cities, and there were ...

An ancient clay tablet found in central Turkey suggests that a little known rival ethnic group was closely involved in the establishment of the Hittite Empire more than 3,000 years ago ...