Archaeologists in the ancient Greek city of Perge, Turkey, have discovered five Roman statues, including Aphrodite and Eros.

The repatriation comes after years of legal disputes over the true identity and provenance of the 6-foot-4 artwork, which has ...

Archaeologists in Montaione, Florence, Italy, have discovered a rare ancient statue of Hercules, dating back to the 3rd or ...

The first of these is the upright nude ... to disentangle “Roman” and “Greek” influence in Roman sculpture since by the 2nd century BCE, most of the sculptors working in Rome were Greek.

W ith an owl in the palm of her hand, a cloak adorned with a gorgon’s head and a warrior’s helmet upon her swept hair, Athena, as depicted in a Roman statue from the first century C.E., is a ...

How often do you think about the Roman empire? Elon Musk claims to ... Sulla, by the way, was the notorious first-century BC dictator who had hundreds of his political opponents murdered.

This straight-arm gesture was first popularized by the Italian ... there is not a single gesture akin to a Roman salute. Nor do we have any statues of Roman emperors or commanders performing ...

Experts are returning to Syria’s war-ravaged heritage sites, hoping to lay the groundwork for restoring them and reviving ...

Beyond the handful of memorial libraries, many other ancient Roman public libraries were great cultural centers, including the Forum of Peace in Rome, dedicated by Emperor Vespasian; the Library of ...

A 16th-century Roman palazzo in the heart of the ancient ... named for an ancient bronze sculpture of a pinecone at its center. The palatial four-story residence was built in 1565 for the ...

Experts are returning to Syria’s war-ravaged heritage sites, hoping to lay the groundwork for restoring them and reviving ...