The Trump-named cryptocurrency is valued at more than $6 billion after its first week, but it mimics moves made by ancient ...
But Trump’s coin is nothing new. In a pre-social media world, coins were the ultimate propaganda tool. Rulers used them to ...
From ancient Turkey and Alexander the Great ... and publicity — it started 2,400 years ago. The image of Alexander the Great on coins is considered one of the best depictions of the infamous ...
Alexander the Great was the first person to put his own image on Greek coins, hitherto the preserve of the gods. But he came to consider himself a god which gave him the OK. His vast coinage ...
Archaeologists and students recently discovered a treasure trove consisting of 160 ancient ... contains coins written in both Aramaic and Greek. Very few caches of coins minted under Alexander ...
As one of history's most famous figures, many stop to wonder what Cleopatra VII Philopator really looked like.
“Hadrian was a widely respected and competent emperor who fashioned himself as a great ... coin set in the coordinating Ben-Amun bracelet mimics those minted by the silversmiths of the ancient ...
He conquered land across three continents, ruled over states from Egypt to modern-day India, and never lost a battle – before ...
The tale of the ancient Greeks in Libya begins in 630 BC with a group of islanders from Thera, Santorini, establishing Cyrene.
Approximately 160 coins minted around 80 B.C. were discovered stashed in the walls of a building in the Jordan Valley. The ancient coins include inscriptions that tie to Alexander Jannaeus ...