A complete pylon of a Ptolemaic temple called Batlmy, described as a ‘significant milestone’, has been found on the western side of the main temple in Sohag, an ancient and modern city along the ...
A 2,200-year-old Rosetta-style limestone stele has been found at an ancient site near the Mediterranean Sea and the city of Alexandria in Egypt. Though archaeologists and Egyptologists haven’t ...
With pictures of pharaohs and grand Islamic and ancient Egyptian monuments, Egyptian currency is well known for being pretty darn cool. However, the humble Egyptian pound is only the most recent ...
(NEXSTAR) – Check your change: Newly-designed coins celebrating the nation’s semiquincentennial (aka, its 250th anniversary) are entering circulation today. Last month, the U.S. Mint unveiled the ...
New coins are going into circulation in 2026. In 2026, you'll see new designs on quarters, dimes and nickels. The new coins will begin going into circulation in January 2026. Your pocket change is ...
Democratic senators are introducing legislation that would block the Treasury Department from minting $1 coins with President Donald Trump's likeness on them. Sens. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and Catherine ...
Would a proposed coin featuring the president on both sides commemorate America’s founding, or undercut its founding principles? Flouting convention, the Trump coin would be the second U.S. coin ever ...
Cleopatra VII, Egypt’s iconic queen, left behind few traces of her reign. Beneath the harbor of modern-day Alexandria, archaeologists have uncovered ancient coins bearing her image amid the ruins of a ...
Ancient statues, Roman coins and other artifacts from a sunken city were pulled from the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of ...
A rare coin depicting Queen Berenice II of Egypt that dates back to Jerusalem’s Hellenistic era was discovered in the City of David, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced Wednesday. Made of ...