A visit to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond will provide a connection between coins of the Roman and Greek period with art works of the times.

All readings may be done in English. Note that the list assumes that you will devote most of your effort to literary sources. If you wish to devote substantial time to art and archaeology as sources ...

This course offers an introduction to Greek and Roman mythology through an examination of the gods, goddesses, and heroes presented in the Greek and Roman art and literature. The course looks at the ...

In an archaeological first, scientists have scraped the organic residue within a 2,000-year-old head-shaped drinking vessel, ...

From Nov. 8 to 17, 2024, the school of the arts presented Woven Hearts, this year’s fall major theatrical production, in the ...

Thus, the allusion in Virgil’s poem helps to underpin the cautionary theme of properly observing religious rituals. “My scholarly work examines literary and artistic depictions of Roman myths of ...

Hallucinogens were found in an ancient Egyptian mug, confirming their use in fertility rituals linked to the god Bes. A ...

Students should demonstrate general knowledge of the basic characteristics of style, iconography, function and design in Roman art and architecture from the Republic to the Constantinian period. The ...

Researchers found psychotropic substances, alcohol, and saliva in a vessel shaped like Bes, an Egyptian god of childbirth and ...

Evidence of hallucinogens was found in an ancient Egyptian mug, confirming written records and myths about Egyptian rituals ...

An Egyptian mug from 2,000 years ago was last used to serve up a cocktail of psychedelic drugs, according to ground-breaking ...

Should art museums be showing art history? Or cultural history, which isn't the same thing? Getty and LACMA exhibitions give ...