The house is striking for the high level of wall decorations. It has been provisionally named the House of Phaedra after the ...

AN ancient Pompeii home filled with saucy paintings and unseen art has been uncovered 2,000 years after it was buried under volcanic ash. This unusually small and extravagantly decorated home, ...

Despite the stereotypes, eunuchs clearly often played important roles in the ostensibly masculine world of strategic planning ...

Here's what the ancient Greeks and Romans can teach us about the environment and ourselves. From Roman soldiers in crowded ...

By learning the secrets of 2,000-year-old cement, researchers are trying to devise greener, more durable modern options.

During the dig, the team uncovered a “unique” gold plaque with a Greek inscription dedicated to Jupiter Dolichenus, a ...

The contemporary meets the classical in the pairing of a Jean-Michel Basquiat painting with an ancient Roman statue at ...

During construction work in the city of Varna, workers found a well-preserved marble statue dating back to the Roman era outside the fortified walls.

To create an authentic toga costume, you will need a large piece of white fabric, preferably a lightweight linen or cotton. The traditional length of a toga was approximately 4.5 meters for men and ...

ROME, ITALY - His Majesty the King and Liphovela LaZuma, yesterday visited one of the oldest and largest private palaces of Rome, the Palazzo Colonna Palace, which was founded by the Colonna family in ...

Last spring, the Brown Arts Institute launched a new initiative: student-led Public Art Tours. Offered every weekend until ...

The crumbling yet still magnificent Ancient Rome is at the center of the city, in part of a larger area called the Centro Storico (or historic district). View the Colosseum, which centuries ago, would ...