Nero, who ruled from A.D. 54 to 68, is often remembered as one of history’s most notorious emperors, his reputation steeped in tales of excess and cruelty. One enduring myth claims that as a great ...

Odessos continued to thrive throughout the era of the Roman Empire—Varna has one of Europe’s largest preserved Roman bath ...

Now, the looming Roman sculpture is finally back on display ... The seven-foot-tall statue of Apollo was discovered in the ruins of an ancient Roman house in 1489. It has been at the Vatican ...

A Roman gladiator’s tomb from the third century A.D. was uncovered in modern-day Turkey. Instead of the gladiator, archaeologists found the remains of 12 unidentified people in the reused tomb. The ...

There's something eternally fascinating about the art of sculpture, more so when it depicts the human form. Michelangelo, for ...

The two bodies forming Pasquino’s sculpture. Credit: Sailko / Wikimedia Commons Experts ... I was once a citizen of ancient Rome. / Now they call me Abate Luigi. / I won eternal fame in urban satire / ...

In a rare meeting between the classical and the contemporary, Gagosian’s Paris gallery has staged a show pairing an ancient Roman sculpture with work by Jean-Michel Basquiat. The sculpture of ...

Seeing his painting in dialogue with this ancient Venus sculpture reminds us of the enduring ... Right before his trip to Modena, Basquiat visited Rome with his girlfriend Suzanne Mallouk, whom ...

The Israeli army has issued new evacuation orders for residents of Baalbek, home to Ancient Roman temples and archaeological ...

Archaeologists in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii have discovered an unusually tiny house with well-preserved frescoes of mythological ...

A first-of-its-kind art exhibit in Aspen, Colorado is offering an exclusive look into ancient Pompeii, dating back 2,000 years.

The show is divided into three parts: the Promise of Democracy, the Practice of Democracy, and the Preservation of Democracy.