A Roman hoard containing 450 coins and silver and gold bars has been found in Borsum, buried in a border area marked by ...

Archaeologists in France find three jars containing more than 40,000 Roman coins, revealing secrets of everyday life in ...

A chance dig for bait near Stockholm uncovered a massive silver hoard, shedding new light on Sweden’s earliest coinage and ...

Archeologists have discovered at least six hoards of ancient artifacts on top of a volcanic hilltop. Finds at the site include spearheads, tusks of domestic boars, and objects associated with bronze ...

Researchers at a dig site in Spain discovered tools from some of the first farmers, possibly dating back 7,000 years. The ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

On a bright autumnal morning on the Isle of Man, resident metal detectorist Kath Giles prepares for another day of discovery. Armed with her trusty metal detector and her mobile phone, Kath sets out ...

Newcastle University provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. There is clearly giddy excitement in the shaky footage showing hands scrabbling in the soil in the Chew Valley in south-west ...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Excavations have unearthed a hoard of more than 1,300-year-old gold coins under a car park by the ancient walls of Jerusalem, the Israeli Antiquities Authority said on Monday.

An angler in Sweden has uncovered an extraordinary medieval cauldron of historic jewellery and around 20,000 coins while digging for worms. The lucky fisherman recovered the cauldron while searching ...