The project was soon dubbed 'Reviving the Ancient City of Gold' and slowly led to the restoration of this ancient site. It ...

The gold buried in the hills of Egypt’s Sukari Mountains was ... Crews uncovered plenty more, including Ptolemaic bronze coins, terracotta figurines depicting human and animal forms from ...

Where it is from: The kingdom of Lydia (modern western Turkey) When it was made: Circa 560 to 547 B.C. Related: Ancient Egyptian 'granary ... the world's first gold coin. Known as a stater or ...

Archaeologists recently unearthed an impressive mining complex dating back 3,000 years, which had been used to extract gold and pulverize and filter quartz.

The country's reserves have remained the same for well over a decade. Egyptian purchases of gold bullion and coins jumped significantly in 2023. In 2022, its purchases reached around 19.2 tonnes over ...

In ancient Egypt, gold was associated with the sun and ... According to a quote recorded by Herodotus, the first gold coins were minted in the Kingdom of Lydia (modern-day western Turkey) around ...

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Egyptian officials have announced that a 3,000-year-old mining settlement, known as the "Lost City of Gold," has been ...

The newly minted bullion bar from The Royal Mints pays homage to Odin, father of the Norse gods and the ruler of Asgard.

Some of the coins were English silver groats, minted by both Henry V (ruled from 1413 to 1422) and Edward IV (ruled from roughly 1461 to 1483), while others were Scottish gold demy and half-demys ...

But Alyattes had been making coins out of electrum, a naturally occurring gold-and-silver alloy that often has bits of other metals in it. Alyattes' coins were standardized based on weight ...