Pieces once traded during the Greek and Roman eras or salvaged from Spanish shipwrecks continue to be popular with artisans ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Their weight is not measured in carats and they do not shine – indeed, sometimes they are outright rusty. Yet ...

The early Anglo-Saxon creator was imitating a Roman coin called a solidus, showing the emperor Honorius on one side and a figure holding a banner on the other A "very unusual" gold pendant made by an ...

The coin features the bust of Honorius on one side. The other side depicts a person holding a banner or flag with a cross on it. Andrew Williams / Norfolk County Council About two years ago, a metal ...

Archaeologists in England were surprised to discover an elaborate cross with human faces and a gold-and-garnet necklace in an early medieval burial. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

The Hoxne Hoard is one of Britain's unique archaeological finds, not just by its value, but also by how it was found. Various sources note the Hoxne Hoard as the largest hoard of Roman treasure ever ...