Ancient Rome maintains a grip on pop culture, from Hollywood blockbusters to video games. Since its establishment in 31 B.C., the Roman Empire exerted its influence throughout the Mediterranean and ...

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

The character of Roman art history has changed in recent years. More than ever before, it is concerned with the role of art in ancient society, including the functions that it served and the values ...

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Statues don’t talk, evidently, and they never have, except when some clever priest of Antiquity used a hollow in the stone to ...

Modern life makes us tired, right? But research from societies in Africa and South America suggests people in the ancient ...

Lots of people wanted to be a Roman citizen. This bronze sculpture of the wolf that rescued ... Meet Caligula who ruled from AD37 to 41 and was famous for being crazy and cruel.

Unfortunately, She Was A Nymphomaniac, by Joan Smith, is an exhilaratingly revisionist account of the women from the ...

and artistic evidence about ancient Roman gardens across the entire Roman Empire from Britain to Arabia. Through well-illustrated essays by leading scholars in the field, various types of gardens are ...

Lujiazui was named after Lu Shen (1477-1544), a Ming Dynasty scholar and collector, who spent much of his life there. The ...

an art gallery within the park that features a remarkable collection of sculptures, paintings, and antiquities. Entrance to the gallery requires a separate fee and should be booked in advance. The ...