This is one of the coins found in Pompeii. It is not officially Roman, but privately minted and used for small change partly due to a shortage of copper quadrans....
Perhaps it is appropriate that by the end of this month we will have another Indiana Jones movie – the fifth and probably the last. Archaeologists have...
A lot of people have been asking if I still have some ancient coins available. I will put together what I have from some hoards I have purchased for study....
COMMENT: I find it interesting how two people the general consensus has said were scoundrels, John Law and Julius Caesar, you have shown were actually people...
QUESTION: Dear Mr. Armstrong – I just fled California for Idaho, since it is one of the most conservative and fiscally sound states. In your blog, you just...
In Tuscany, Italy, a major discovery has been made of the only amphitheater to have been discovered that was never excavated before. This is being called the...
They are going to remove the statue of Teddy Roosevelt, who ironically was a socialist, as they claim the statue is now racist because it portrays an...
QUESTION: Did the sea level rise after the last Ice Age? When did warfare begin? HS ANSWER: About 85% if pre-history ancient sites are actually underwater. ...
QUESTION: Marty, do you happen to know what type/kind of shekel coins Jesus was most likely betrayed for? Thanks, A ANSWER: The Biblical account makes no mention...
QUESTION: Angkor Wat was abandoned and the whole society seems to have vanished. I saw somewhere that this was due to climate change and the drying up of their...
