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

featuring frescoes depicting scenes from Greek and Roman mythology. The dwelling, named the “House of Phaedra,” has remained untouched since Mount Vesuvius’ devastating eruption almost 2,000 years ago ...

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 ...

Fourteen miles southeast of modern Naples lies Pompeii, a city frozen in time by the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius ...

a captivating myth once captured global attention and sparked an intriguing question: are the local people descendants of a lost Roman legion? In the 1990s, the presence of Romanesque architecture ...

A University of South Florida professor found the first-ever physical evidence of hallucinogens in an Egyptian mug, ...

A University of South Florida professor found the first-ever physical evidence of hallucinogens in an Egyptian mug, ...

The Greeks had a significant impact on Roman art, religion, and architecture, and the Romans were captivated by Greek mythology, incorporating its pantheon and stories into their own artistic ...

Relief sculpture of Scylla, fourth century BC. Credit: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public Domain. Ancient Greek mythology is full of a huge variety of monsters. Since the Greeks were a sea-faring ...

The culture is celebrated for its art, architecture, religion and style—with many crediting Etruscans with the invention of ...

Scholars for the first time identified chemical signatures of the components of a liquid concoction contained in a Bes mug. A new technique helped identify a sample flavored with honey, sesame seeds, ...