This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Scott Simon. Turkey wants to join the European Union. But this week, the country that famously strides two continents was chagrined when the design for the ...

Archeologists have stumbled across a collection of ancient Roman coins in western Turkey. Though the treasure trove was found in 2019, it wasn’t until this year that the researchers learned just how ...

Details of a “very special” haul of 651 Roman coins found in the ancient city of Aizanoi in Turkey have been released by researchers behind the discovery. The silver coins were found in a jug during ...

Turkish archeologists have unearthed an 1,800-year coin thought to feature Paris, an ancient figure some have blamed for starting the legendary Trojan War. More historically, Paris may have also ...

(CNN) — The ongoing excavation of an ancient Greek city in western Turkey has uncovered artifacts and archaeological remains dating as far back as the fifth century BC — including a pot filled with an ...

Archaeologists in Turkey have unearthed a hoard of Roman-era silver coins in a jug buried near a stream. The 651 coins are about 2,100 years old, but despite their age, the text and imagery engraved ...

The Turkish gendarmerie has recovered some 5,000 Roman- and Byzantine-era coins from alleged antiquities traffickers, according to security sources. Acting on a tip, gendarmerie teams launched an ...