The marbles in the Torlonia Collection have been inaccessible to the public for decades. Now, some of them will be exhibited ...

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The excavation of an ancient Roman city has rewritten the history of the Empire's collapse, archaeologists say ... Fragments ...

The Byzantine Empire is not always recognised as the crucial link that connected the classical world with modern Europe.

During the upcoming Jubilee year, millions of Christian pilgrims will flock to the Eternal City’s innumerable holy places.

Cult Worshippers Offered Birds as Sacrifice in Pompeii to Please a Magician Goddess The ancient city of Pompeii in Italy was ...

Chilling words in the Bible's Book of Revelation seem to describe events in the early Christian world - but are they actually ...

While many “lost cities” are no longer lost, there can be joy in finding them for yourself, including the following 20 UNESCO ...

Created more than a century before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 C.E., the wall paintings provide rare insights into secret rituals conducted in the Roman ... the Greek god of wine and ...

“If you’re interested in the Roman Empire, cities are absolutely critical because that ... GPR being used to survey a major city such as Miletus in Turkey, Nicopolis in Greece or Cyrene in Libya,” he ...

Perga’s was once a key sculpture-producing location for the entire Roman Empire. The city of Perga ... a 6.5-foot-tall statue of Aphrodite (the Greek goddess of love and beauty) sitting atop ...