until appraisers said it was an ancient Persian artifact. The 5½-inch gold cup, which experts have dated to the third or fourth century B.C., fetched $100,000 at an auction in Dorchester ...

In the rarefied space of Métiers d’Art watches and high jewellery, centuries-old techniques are preserved and passed on.

Ongoing excavations at Egypt’s Karnak Temple Complex revealed a cache of ancient gold artifacts. Stashed for centuries inside ...

But even as Kerala grows in wealth (thanks to a large number of workers in the Persian Gulf ... nest egg is an ancient tradition in India. So, too, is pawning gold jewelry for emergency loans ...