1,200 year old gold coin

Ancient penny to remain in Britain International Herald Tribune By Matthew Healey The New York Times THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2006 “A rare 1,200-year-old Anglo-Saxon gold coin that was sold at auction to an American collector will not be leaving Britain after all....

Rare Reagan Letter

Rare Reagan Letter Being Auctioned CBS News WASHINGTON, Jan. 17, 2006 “(CBS) An unusual item written and signed by the late President Ronald Reagan has surfaced on the autograph market. Reagan wrote the note to a friend in February of 1998, about four years...

Sunken Treasure

Seabed trove – Roughly 800 galleons from the 16th to 18th centuries rest on the seabed in the Gulf of Cadiz, off southern Spain, nexus of trade with the Spanish colonies. – Another 150 galleons went down off the coast of neighbouring southern Portugal....

New Tomb in the Valley of the Kings

Valley of Kings yields new treasure Burlington Free Press.com Published: Friday, February 10, 2006 By Lee Keath The Associated Press “CAIRO, Egypt — The first tomb to be discovered in the Valley of the Kings since King Tut’s in 1922 contains five...