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

art-filled museum. The Sistine Chapel, with its famous ceiling by Michelangelo, is here, as are masterpieces by Raphael, Leonardo da Vinci, Caravaggio, and a host of others. Kids love the Egyptian and ...

Archaeologists in Pompeii uncovered an ancient tiny home filled with elaborate artwork that has remained largely intact for ...

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

Archaeologists in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii have uncovered a richly decorated but uncommonly small house with finely ...

Where did Halloween come from and how did it end up like this? The real history of Halloween is far more complicated than ...

The statue depicts a Roman elite, Gaius Marios Hermogenes, dating back to the 2nd or 3rd Century, and is in near-perfect ...

The composition of the Lycurgus cup was puzzling until the 1990s, when small pieces of the same type of glass were discovered in ancient Roman ruins and analyzed. The particles in the Lycurgus cup ...

Students study Classical languages and literatures in addition to art history and archaeology; economic, political, social and intellectual history; and philosophy, religion and myth. Ancient Greek ...

Perhaps more intriguing was the fact that the chalice was discovered in the iconic filming location for Steven Spielberg’s ...

Matt and I were excited to take the kids there, and I wanted to share what we learned about this awe-inspiring and educational place. I quickly want to point out that Athens has two agoras – the ...

The wreckage of an ancient Roman ship ... hundreds of amphorae - a type of Roman terracotta jar. The pottery was found mostly intact, the Carabinieri police's art squad said in a statement.