Archaeologists in Egypt have unearthed a 2,200-year-old gold coin depicting the ancient King Ptolemy III, an ancestor of the famed Cleopatra. The coin, which bears the image of the King on one of its ...

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Archaeologists find a rare gold coin belonging to Queen Berenice II in Jerusalem, revealing the city's Hellenistic wealth.

Archaeologists unearthed 383 bronze coins dating back to King Ptolemy III who ruled Egypt in the 3rd century B.C. and was an ancestor of the famed Cleopatra, the Egyptian antiquities authority ...

Egypt has started issuing 15 million commemorative coins in appreciation of the role played by medical workers in fighting COVID-19 in the country, an Egyptian finance ministry official told Xinhua on ...

A trove of artifacts from Egypt's last dynasty has been discovered in 63 tombs in the Nile Delta area and experts are working to restore and classify the finds, an official with the country's ...

Egypt will release LE15 million worth of special pound and half pound coins on the market within two weeks, to document the state’s achievements in projects, Sherif Hazem, an advisor to the Egyptian ...

The Public Treasury Authority along with the Finance Ministry has minted a silver LE 100 coin as a memorial currency on the occasion of the launch of the Climate Summit COP27. The ministry started ...

What would an ancient Egyptian gold coin look like if it were made today? Designer Mahinaz Elmessiry asked herself this question when creating six coins inspired by ancient Egypt, reports Sarah ...

"...discovered many charms from various eras before and after the period of Joseph, including one that bore his effigy as the minister of the treasury in the Egyptian ...

Archaeologists unearthed 383 bronze coins dating back to King Ptolemy III who ruled Egypt in the 3rd century B.C. and was an ancestor of the famed Cleopatra, the Egyptian antiquities authority ...