the Egyptian Cleopatra was horrifying, yet fascinating to many of Rome’s citizens. Just when she may have thought she was in sight of the Roman throne – the biggest prize in the ancient world ...

The discovery has been described as a “geometric miracle” and could finally lead to some answers about one of Ancient Egypt’s ...

Archaeologists have found a white marble statue of a woman wearing a royal crown under the walls of an ancient temple and ...

Ancient historians praised her allure ... CHRISTOPH GERIGK, FRANCK GODDIO/ HILTI FOUNDATION "My dream is to find a statue of Cleopatra—with a cartouche," says Goddio. So far, however, the ...

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Cleopatra, and Marc Antony spent time in their decadent love affair on the Greek island of Samos in the summer of 32 B.C.

Two life-sized statues have been unearthed in Pompeii, including a bejewelled priestess of the ancient goddess Ceres.

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 ...