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 ...

Ancient Roman ruins in Baalbek, a historic city in Lebanon, survived an initial wave of Israeli air strikes this week, ...

It is difficult to believe how an ancient work of art could so encapsulate the realistic portrayal of ordinary people that only became the norm in modern times. Ancient Greek sculptural masterpiece ...

In the catalogue accompanying the show, the painting’s title is given as Untitled [Woman with Roman ... throughout art history. Seeing his painting in dialogue with this ancient Venus sculpture ...

Explore how Nazi ideology appropriated ancient Greece and Plato's philosophy, distorting them to fit their racial and ...

Archaeologists found ancient, pillared halls in Peru’s Nepena Valley that include a finely painted throne room depicting a ...

Researchers have uncovered the remains of an ancient Roman forum at an archaeological site in Spain. The forum was revealed during excavations conducted at the ruins of Ocuri, a Roman city located ...

This statue of an Egyptian pharaoh is said to have inspired the English poet Shelley to write his famous poem "Ozymandias." ...

As Israel intensified attacks in the Lebanese city of Baalbek, residents fled to an ancient Roman temple, hoping the site’s ...

The Sacro Bosco's meaning is the subject of debate, with scholars alternatively describing the sprawling complex as a memorial, an allegorical site or a tribute to ancient civilizations ...