Earlier, police foiled attempts to smuggle a large quantity of relics including ancient coins in the southern Kandahar province last week. Enditem Follow China.org.cn on Twitter and Facebook to join ...

Ancient Greeks of Bactria ruled over Gujarat, India under Menander around 150 B.C. and established trade contracts with the ...

The barter system is the oldest way of trading. Before money was invented, people traded one good or service directly for ...

Without formal training or funding, they have braved rugged terrain, deciphered ancient scripts and uncovered hidden ...

A research team in China has held atoms in a state of quantum superposition for 23 minutes, suggesting tantalizing new ...

Some currencies that Americans can't identify include the rupee, lira, dram, kwanza, lek, aspar, tugrik, and krone.

In a farmer’s field in southwest England, Staples and six friends had found a hoard of more than 2,500 silver coins that had lain in the ground for almost 1,000 years. Valued at 4.3 million pounds ...

Gold prices in the world have been skyrocketing. By the end of last month – October, average gold price reached US$2,800 per ounce (equivalent to 4.25 sovereign coins) – a 40 per cent increase in just ...

Traditional New Year’s food for good fortune New Year’s Eve is a festive time celebrated around the world with friends, ...

Physical money includes coins and paper bills, while digital money is what we ... Here are a few that I find particularly interesting: In ancient China, people used cowrie shells as money. The first ...

Vague rumours to the contrary, not a single Roman coin has turned up in China — in contrast to the thousands of ... it’s now ...