Ridley Scott gets dragged for historical inaccuracies, but did product endorsements actually make their way into the ...

Gladiator II is the sequel nobody saw coming. The original finished with Maximus and Commodus dead and we felt confident that ...

Small, hard, and burnt, it didn’t look like anything of importance at first. But it actually turned out to be a 2,000-year-old fig — and compelling evidence of how Roman culture made its way into ...

When most people think of Egypt, their minds inevitably wander to the Pyramids of Giza or the temples of Luxor. While these ...

Pompeii is huge. Comprising nine regions across 66 hectares it would take two to three days to see it all. Here are seven ...

Ancient Greek gold findings in Central Asia provide concrete evidence of the existence of Greek civilization in the region. This predates the conquests of Alexander the Great in the fourth century BC.

There’s a reason Rome is nicknamed “the eternal city”—and not just for the endless remnants of bygone times to uncover across ...

Rome is famously chaotic, and a fascinating mix of very old-meets-very-new: you’ll find wifi hotspots at ancient monuments, ...

Life-size 2nd-3rd century AD Eastern Roman carved limestone bust of wealthy Palmyrene lady. Distinguished line of provenance. Academic report b ...

The chapters cover extremity prostheses, facial prostheses, prosthetic hair, the design, commission and manufacture of prostheses and assistive technology, and the role of care-givers in the lives of ...

In today's world of modern technology, ancient art can be brought to life, and the result is sheer magic. The Night Revels of Han Xizai, a massive scroll painting by Southern Tang Dynasty (937–975) ...

WHEN Thomas Clement Salomon became the director of Italy’s National Galleries of Ancient Art last January, he lost no time in hatching an ambitious plan: to bring Caravaggio’s Portrait of Monsignor ...