An 1,800-year-old gold ring with a carving depicting Venus, a Roman goddess associated with victory, has been discovered in ...

The coins date to a time when the area was ruled by the Carolingian Empire, which encompassed most of modern-day France and neighboring parts of western Europe. However, their empire was weakened ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Archaeologists in France have discovered an 1,800-year-old gold ring with a chiseled portrait of ...

Old Gold Ring With ‘Venus the Victorious’ Carving, Alongside Unexpected 10th-Century Coins Archaeologists from the French ...

The ring dates to the second or third century CE, during the Roman Empire's rule over the region ... The village prospered during the Carolingian era, which encompassed most of modern France ...

Archaeologists in France have discovered an 1,800-year-old gold ring with a chiseled portrait of Venus, a Roman goddess associated with victory in battle, in addition to a handful of coins from a ...

archaeologists discovered a trove of Carolingian coins, medieval pottery and more Meilan Solly The year's most exciting discoveries included musket balls fired in the early days of the American ...

This, along with what appear to be other silver Carolingian coins from the Frankish Empire, suggest the women had ties to continental Europe. One theory is that they came from abroad and married ...

After the fall of the Roman Empire, much of Europe was in chaos ... His ideas spread across Europe, especially during the Carolingian Renaissance of the eighth and ninth centuries – a ...