In the 1st century A.D. the Roman Imperial authorities began to exploit the gold deposits of this region in north-west Spain, using a technique based on hydraulic power. After two centuries of working ...

The Westphalia-Lippe Regional Association (LWL) recently announced the discovery of a miniature Roman lock ... was a minuscule lock made of gold, one that presumably would have been used to ...

Archaeologists have discovered a hoard of gold Roman coins dating back to the Fourth Century which include the marks of nine emperors ruling between 364 and 408 AD. "This is a major archaeological ...

A good example of this are the metal dodecahedrons (twelve-sided shape) which have been found during archaeological excavations at former Roman sites ... The polyhedral gold bead from Khao ...

The UK is home to many ancient sites, but few are as fascinating as the abandoned Roman gold mines hidden in the Welsh countryside. The Dolaucothi Gold Mines in Carmarthenshire date back over ...

Lacking Roman defenders, Britons solicited Germanic ... and Nordic sagas have vivid details of the smith's magic arts, from Odin's spear and gold ring to Thor's hammer. Magic may also account ...