The ancient silver coins feature the images of 11 Roman emperors and empresses, including Nero and Marcus Aurelius.

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Ancient Greeks developed sophisticated units of measurement ranging from measuring length, distance, volume, and weight of ...

As early as 2015, Pope Francis had expressed the desire to be buried in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, a fifth-century ...

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Warehouseman Powell and school caretaker Davies chanced upon a Viking cache of gold jewels and coins, perhaps worth £12million. It should have made them filthy rich, but instead it became a curse.

Maps, graphics explain relatively humble funeral for Pope Francis: public viewing, casket and non-traditional burial site ...

hoard of gold jewelry and silver spoons, Journal of Roman Archaeology (2025). DOI: 10.1017/S1047759424000278 ...