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 ...

For much of the 12th century, Sweden was not yet a unified state. Regional rulers, shifting alliances and religious ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dozens of coins in a bag and laid out on a table. Metal detectorists have discovered a literal pot of buried treasure deep within ...

Some used pandemic downtime to learn how to crochet or brew a batch of kombucha. In Scotland, many escaped the boredom of lockdown restrictions by taking up metal detecting—so much so the country’s ...

A Norwegian man recently came forward to disclose that he had found several medieval coins as a child and hid them for six decades – until now. Jan Gunnar Fugelsnes told Møre og Romsdal County ...

The hoard may include a princess's gold ring. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A medieval hoard brimming with silver ingots, gold ...

A resident of a southwest German town working on a construction project unearthed a stash of medieval coins minted around 1320 AD. The value of the roughly 1,600 coins recovered was deemed enough to ...

BHOPAL-A remarkable archaeological find has stirred excitement in Sagoriyapura village of Madhya Pradesh’s Morena district, where more than 50 ancient coins—believed to be made of silver and ...

A County Durham metal detectorist has uncovered a rare medieval silver coin now confirmed as a nationally important.

A newly discovered medieval Chinese coin, the second ever found in England, points to the possible existence of a vast medieval trade route spanning much of the Eastern hemisphere. Discovered via a ...

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 ...

The coins are currently being analyzed by experts at the British Museum Pippa Pearce/© The Trustees of the British Museum Shortly after the Battle of Hastings in 1066, a wealthy local buried a trove ...