8 things people get wrong about ancient Rome
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 ...
A Beautifully Preserved Roman Statue Was Just Found In a Storied Bulgarian City
Despite its far-flung location and years of burial, the statue is remarkably well-preserved, save for the broken-off right ...
Ancient Roman statue discovered by construction workers in Bulgaria
During construction work in the city of Varna, workers found a well-preserved marble statue dating back to the Roman era ...
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The Talking Statues of Rome
They are two… The Aldobrandini Wedding, the Most Famous and Admired Roman Fresco until Pompeii was Discovered Since the Renaissance, the search for ancient remains, statues, marbles, and any object ...
The Independent18d
Construction workers stumble upon ‘exceptionally preserved’ Roman statue near ancient city
Archaeologists in Bulgaria have identified an “exceptionally well-preserved” marble statue of a Roman man that was ... once known as the ancient Greek city of Odessos. Workers found the ...
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Pristine Roman Statue Unearthed by Construction Workers in Bulgaria
The statue depicts a Roman elite, Gaius Marios Hermogenes, dating back to the 2nd or 3rd Century, and is in near-perfect ...
Smithsonian Magazine21d
See the Vatican’s Magnificent Marble Statue of the Greek God Apollo Restored to Its Former Glory
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 since the early 1500s, when Pope Julius II decided to bring the ...