Police raided a forger’s workshop in Rome. They found dozens of pieces, including fake Picassos and Rembrandts
Italian police have seized dozens of forged artworks attributed to famous artists such as Picasso and Rembrandt in what ...
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The fall of the Roman Empire: what caused It?
Yet, the abdication of Emperor Romulus Augustulus on September 4, 476 marks the fall of the Western Roman Empire. So, what caused the downfall of the Roman Empire (which began in 27 BC)?
The Conversation29d
Elon Musk and the history of the ‘Roman salute’
From airing his views on the fall of the Roman empire (demographic decline ... classicising invention is Jacques-Louis David’s 1784 painting, The Oath of the Horatii, which shows the three ...
Fast Company29d
What’s the Roman salute? Here’s the history of Musk’s controversial hand gesture
[Photo: Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images (Musk)] From airing his views on the fall ... the Roman republic. The best example of this classicizing invention is Jacques-Louis David’s 1784 painting ...
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How Homer’s Epics Survived After the Fall of the Ancient Greek World
Homer's Epics, Iliad and Odyssey, brought the ideas of Greek civilization to the world, serving as the foundation of Western literature.
This is what a surgical clinic looked like in ancient Rome
Discovered on accident in Rimini, Italy, this surgeon’s house and the hooks, scalpels, and mortars inside have expanded what ...
The Art Newspaper5d
Cleveland Museum of Art will return looted Greco-Roman bronze to Turkey
The Cleveland Museum of Art will return a headless Greco-Roman bronze statue that was pillaged from the ancient city of Bubon in south-central Turkey. The larger-than-life statue of a draped male ...
Hidden for Half a Century, Ancient Roman Treasures Return to the Spotlight
Inside the super-private Torlonia Collection of ancient marbles, and the strategy to clean them up and bring them back into ...
Spectacular statues reveal art tradition of ancient Rome’s lost sculpture capital
Spectacular statues reveal art tradition of ancient Rome’s lost sculpture capital - City of Perga on Turkey’s southwestern ...
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Experts gather in Rome to form special taskforce to protect Syria's cultural heritage
Representatives from international organisations and academics have met in Rome to discuss strategies to preserve Syria's cultural heritage following the fall of Bashar al-Assad. The event marked ...