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Thirty feet under the surface of the cold, murky Baltic Sea, Brendan Foley spotted something unusual in the wreckage of an ...

These exceedingly rare relics are cast not just of metals and shells but of a time lost-an ancient tale to explore. From busy ancient markets where traders arrived from all corners of the globe to ...

In barter systems, individuals had to find someone who wanted their goods and offered ... The second, the “chartalist” or “money as credit” theory, posits that money was introduced by ancient ...

Barter exchange takes place when an individual or a business entity provides a good or service and receives a good or service in return rather than receiving cash or another monetary instrument.

Population of ancient Greece, Men weighing merchandise, side B of an Attic black-figure amphora. Credit: Marie-Lan Nguyen Wikimedia Commons CC BY 2.5 Estimating the population of ancient Greece is a ...

The historic Jonbeel Mela has begun in Assam's Morigaon district. Renowned for its unique barter system, the three-day festival witnessed the participation of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma among ...

Charred by the flames of a funeral pyre, the Derveni Papyrus has proved to be a fascinating—and confounding—artifact Teresa Nowakowski Daily Correspondent The Derveni Papyrus, named for the ...

Guy Barter, chief horticulturist at the Royal Horticultural Society, was “perplexed” to discover cauliflowers ready to harvest months early on his Surrey allotment last week. “I think what ...

New discoveries by a UCF researcher and her team at the ancient Mesopotamian site of Kurd Qaburstan, including clay tablets with ancient cuneiform writing, a game board and large structural ...

For bookworms, it's the perfect place to go, with Barter Books both one of the largest second hand book shops in Europe and easily one of the most beautiful. Harry Potter fans are particularly ...