Researchers have unraveled the mysterious origins of silver that was used to make coins during the early medieval period in Europe. For a study published in the journal Antiquity, a team of experts ...
Intricate golden jewelry is displayed on black velvet. A metal detectorist in the Netherlands has discovered dazzling gold and silver treasures that were buried in a medieval swamp 800 years ago, ...
Sometime around 660 CE, silver coinage replaced gold as the dominant form of currency in northwest Europe. But what was the source of all that silver? According to a recent paper published in the ...
The coins collectively weighed around 13 lbs. It only costs a few dollars to buy a tub of bait worms for fishing, but many people are fine with sourcing them straight from the ground. And who knows?
Archaeologists have discovered more than $318,000 worth of gold and silver coins believed to have been used by pagans as ...
Archaeologists excavated the ruins of religious building and found a skeleton holding a 600-year-old silver communion set, photos show. Photo from Hungary’s National Institute of Archaeology ...
Archaeologists discovered a collection of coins thought to be nearly 1,000 years old at the site of a medieval fort in southern Poland. Researchers found 12 silver coins at the fortress, which is ...
Museum curators in the Netherlands think that a dazzling, 800-year-old array of gold jewelry and silver coins unearthed by a metal detectorist was buried in a medieval swamp to save it during wartime.
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