See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Researchers have unraveled the mysterious origins of silver that was ...

Sometime around 660 CE, silver coinage replaced gold as the dominant form of currency in northwest Europe. But what was the source of all that silver? According to a recent paper published in the ...

A centuries-old coin depicting one of the world’s most recognizable figures was recently unearthed in Bulgaria. The likeness of Jesus Christ can be seen engraved on the silver piece along with several ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Archaeologists discovered a collection of coins thought to be nearly ...

About 200 years after the fall of the Roman Empire, western Europe started making thousands of silver coins, signaling a transformation in the early medieval economy. A new chemical analysis of ...

In a remarkable twist of fate, a fisherman’s routine search for worms near Stockholm, Sweden, led to the unearthing of an early medieval treasure trove. The discovery, a cauldron filled with up to ...

For much of the 12th century, Sweden was not yet a unified state. Regional rulers, shifting alliances and religious authorities competed for influence in a fractured political landscape. Royal power ...

A bounty of centuries-old artifacts in Germany — including seven swords, thousands of silver coins, jewelry and pottery — were unearthed by a group of volunteer conservationists. The excavators ...

A silver coin depicting Jesus Christ was discovered in Bulgaria, museum officials said. Photos from the Burgas Museum A centuries-old coin depicting one of the world’s most recognizable figures was ...