When Malcolm Weale saw the tiny, dirt-covered object he’d unearthed in an English field, he knew it was something special.

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A jury sat solemnly in a gilded hall in central London on Tuesday, presided over by a bewigged representative of the crown in flowing black robes, but there were no criminals in the dock.

A treasure hunter unearthed a silver coin minted during the reign of Guthrum, a Viking commander of eastern England.

Malcolm Weale was in a farmer's field with his metal detector when he unearthed a tiny and dirt-covered object.

Most of the objects were found by people metal-detecting and in agricultural regions, where they could have been lost to ...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke with Elon Musk a day after U.S. President Donald Trump promised to cut the ...

most of these coins were melted down to settle war debts," the experts wrote in an online blog. "Today, they’re a testament to wartime sacrifice and economic strategy." The British government ...

Rare coin specialists are highlighting the value ... to wartime sacrifice and economic strategy." During the war, the British government issued bonds to raise funds, with many US investors buying ...

France has given up most of its military footprint across west Africa with astonishing speed. By the end of the year, the only remaining French base in Africa will be in Djibouti. Driven by ...

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The junta-led West African nations of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally withdrawn from the regional bloc known as ECOWAS, the body said Wednesday. The previously ...

Three countries under military rule have officially left West African regional bloc Ecowas, after more than a year of diplomatic tensions. The withdrawal of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger is a huge ...