Archaeologists in Germany have unearthed more than 1,500 medieval silver coins after a citizen unexpectedly noticed what looked like "small metal plates" while digging during a construction project.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In a remarkable turn of events, a construction crew in Germany stumbled upon a massive medieval coin hoard while excavating a site for a new pool. This discovery, one of the largest of its kind in ...

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 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 ...

An 11th Century Chinese coin has been unearthed in Cheshire. No other Chinese coin from that era has ever been found in Britain. The idea that there was some form of link between Medieval Britain and ...

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 ...

From lost silver coins to fossilised faeces, medieval cesspits have become some of the richest archives of everyday life in ...