The Indian Head penny was minted in 1859, 1860, 1864, 1865, and then annually from 1867 to 1909. The bronze coin was the third small-sized one-cent piece created by the United States Mint, after the Flying Eagle cent (1856–1858) and the copper-nickel cent of 1859–1864.
The Indian Head penny was replaced in 1909 by the Lincoln cent, which remains the one-cent coin of the United States. The Indian Head penny is popular with collectors and often commands a premium over its face value.
The Guimet Museum is the national museum of Asian Arts, devoted to the arts of the civilizations of the East and the Far East. Since 1945, it has also been the Asian department of the National Museums. Founded in Lyon in 1879 by the orientalizing industrialist Émile Guimet to promote oriental religi
The archaeological excavations in the acropolis of Elea-Velia (Campania, Italy) that have been carried out since last July have just been completed. The results of the research shed light on the oldest and most incomplete phases of the life of the city, which was founded around 540 BC. by Phocaean G
These at least 5000 year old spheres have puzzled scientists for many years. Copy of a Scottish stone ball. More than 500 of them, all different, have been discovered since the 18th century. Exceptionally discovered in an archaeological context, two polished stone spheres, these mysterious globes
A monumental swimming pool over 40 meters long dating from the 4th century BC, was found in Rome, at the crossroads between Via Ostiense and Via di Malafede. The discovery was made thanks to preventive archeology research conducted by the Soprintendenza Speciale di Roma . Remains of other buildings