Just when she may have thought she was in sight of the Roman throne – the biggest prize in the ancient world – her own world came crashing down. In the middle of the civil war that would bring ...

Despite these differences, almost all citizens carefully observed the same rituals at dinner time – the rituals that made them Roman. The ancient Rome that remains today is one of fabulous ...

Visitors to the site of Pompeii, the ancient Roman town buried (and so ... and surmounted by the astonishing relief sculpture of the woman and man. They're standing side by side, but not touching.

Credit: Paolo Reda / REDA / Universal Images Group via Getty Images "The notion of a Roman sculpture show might ... But the 58 ancient works that constitute "Myth and Marble" are special, and ...

Image Myth and Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture From the Torlonia Collection ... photo by Lorenzo De Masi; “Portus Relief,” via Torlonia Foundation, photo by Lorenzo De Masi; “Statue of ...

The myth that the statues of ancient Greece and Rome were white was created over time and upheld in part to serve racist ideologies. But, in reality, ancient works of art were colorful and even ...

An ancient carved stone head, possibly of a Roman god or philosopher, was uncovered beneath a 5th-century church in Rome, ...

Science has previously shown that sculptures from ancient Greece and Rome were frequently painted in warm colours. A recent study from Denmark has now discovered that some of these sculptures were ...

Science has previously shown that sculptures from ancient Greece and Rome were frequently painted in warm colours. A recent study from Denmark has now discovered that some of these sculptures were ...

Visitors to the site of Pompeii, the ancient Roman town buried (and so preserved for ... and surmounted by the astonishing relief sculpture of the woman and man. They’re standing side by side, but not ...