A comprehensive collection featuring coinage from the Mamluk Sultanate has found a new dominion: the Princeton University Library. The Undeland Collection of Mamluk coins was purchased for the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

"...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 ...

Egypt on Saturday held a glittering ceremony attended by world leaders to mark the long-awaited full opening of the Grand ...

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When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The gold coin was likely minted between 241 and 246 B.C. in Alexandria, Egypt, archaeologists say ...