Ancient historians recorded legends about the invention of the first coins, and archaeologists have found some surprising evidence.

Currency, in one form or another, has been around for centuries and has been called by a number of names. The most well-known form and the indeed the most commonly used throughout the ages is the ...

The Pactolus stream (modern Sart Çayı) runs by the base of the citadel, and was famous in antiquity for its alluvial gold, making the Iron Age Lydians the wealthiest people in the world. The lower ...

Within the ancient Hittite empire, which predates the Lydians in Anatolia by about 1,000 years, we know that the ruling elite spoke an Indo-European language, and termed themselves the Nesili. But, we ...

Many ancient civilizations saw total solar and lunar eclipses with fear. ... In the Middle East in the year 585 BC, the Lydians and Medes were in a five-year war. During battle, a total solar eclipse ...

The ancient Babylonians kept careful, detailed records of the night sky. In fact, we know the exact date of at least three solar eclipses that occurred in the second and first millenniums BCE.

Many ancient civilizations saw total solar and lunar eclipses with fear. ... In the Middle East in the year 585 BC, the Lydians and Medes were in a five-year war. During battle, ...