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 ...

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

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 ...

Slavery had a long history in the ancient world and was practiced in Ancient Egypt and Greece, as well as Rome. Most slaves during the Roman Empire were foreigners and, unlike in modern times ...

Construction worker Greg Crawley was carrying out renovations at a park near the historic Burghley House in England in April ...

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

You could buy or win your freedom. Lots of people wanted to be a Roman citizen. This bronze sculpture of the wolf that rescued Romulus and Remus was made in about 500BC. The babies were added in ...

Archaeologists consider this votive monument the largest of its kind discovered in the Roman-occupied regions of southern ...

The beloved ancient Greek sculpture called "The Boxer at Rest," from 330-50 BC, is one of the most realistic of all ancient ...

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 ...

Amid the chaos of the 2024 presidential election, the Museum of Fine Arts Boston presents“Power of the People: Art and ...