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The economy of Ancient Athens was more than just silver coins - it was an early model of a financial empire. With an extensive trade network and a reliance on imported grain, Athens developed ...

New research shows how trade rooted in local resource differences and the conflicts it sparked, made ancient Greek ...

Two recently discovered ancient gold rings set with garnets reveal how Greek trends and customs became part of life in ...

At this Athens workshop, replicating antiquities promotes Greek culture and creates the country’s ultimate souvenirs. Plaster casts of an ancient Greek bust of Sappho, the poetess, are created ...

The response received to the question. “It’s all Greek to me” — Leinster House officials and Government Departments are pleading mystification in the strange case of a TD who received a ...

The eyes of ancient Greek sculptures possess a timeless stare bridging our worlds. Credit: Credit: George E. Koronaios, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (left), Vicenç Valcárcel Pérez, Wikimedia ...

That someone who sings about folklore, and weaves meaning and superstition into her art and wardrobe choices, would be drawn to jewellery inspired by ancient coins and medallions makes sense.

In a cinematic first, Greek director Yiannis Stravolaimos brings the 490 BCE clash to life in Ancient Greek and Old Persian, fusing myth, history, and cultural diplomacy in a bold retelling of an ...

Juan de Lara By combining archaeology and technology, a researcher has shed light on a longstanding architectural mystery: how the ancient Greeks experienced the inside of the Parthenon ...

A metal detector enthusiast from Giurgiu, Romania, unearthed a remarkable treasure trove of ancient Roman silver coins. According to the New York Post, Marius Mangeac discovered 1,469 silver coins ...

A rare gold coin dating back over two millennia to the reign of Ptolemy I — one of Alexander the Great's generals and founder of ancient Egypt's last royal dynasty — is also part of the ...