A new Legion of Honor show highlights Etruscan art, archaeology and rare treasures that illuminate ancient Italy's lasting ...

The grand cities of ancient Rome’s vast empire and majestic churches of its fall. With its vast empire, ancient Rome gave Europe its first common culture. From England to Turkey, we explore the ...

FORT WORTH - The Torlonia Collection of ancient sculpture, a portion of which has just arrived at the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, offers a dazzling glimpse of the Roman world and a compelling ...

Archaeologists found a 2,000-year-old Roman home with an elaborate mosaic, wall art and water features near the Colosseum, photos and video shows. Screengrab from YouTube video from Italy’s Ministry ...

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The ancient Romans weren’t precious about their marble statues. They didn’t sequester them in museums, displaying them out of reach, next to placards explaining their provenance, context, and meaning.

Soldiers and civilians alike enjoyed strategy game Ludus Latrunculorum in the Roman Empire, especially in Roman Britain ...

Archaeologists have struck actual gold in the village of Holztem in Parc Hosingen, Luxembourg—unearthing a trove of 141 ancient Roman coins worth more than €300,000 ($310,000). The four-year ...

Why so many Roman coin hoards end up being buried and never found has baffled archaeologists for decades. A major new study has shown that the non-recovery of these hoarded treasures was caused by ...