When Roman Egypt came under attack from the Kushites in what is now Sudan, the Roman forces responded by destroying a Kushite ...

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Spanish archaeologists unearthed over 4,000 fragments of wall paintings that once decorated the Roman villa of Barberes Sud ...

Science has previously shown that sculptures from ancient Greece and Rome were frequently painted in warm colours. A recent study from Denmark has now discovered that some of these sculptures were ...

The Arch of Titus is one of the most magnificent ancient monuments surviving in Rome and offers a fascinating insight into ...

Archaeologists working at a city in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii have discovered two life-sized funerary statues ...

Vindobona was the ancient Roman military ... CE saw battles between Roman legionaries and Germanic tribes along the empire’s border, which likely prompted Emperor Trajan’s decision to expand ...

Visitors to the site of Pompeii, the ancient Roman town buried (and so preserved for thousands ... Which is why the recent discovery of a monumental tomb crowned by life-size sculptures of a woman and ...

or your trip to Rome just happens to coincide with this year-long celebration, there’s a full calendar of not-to-be-missed concerts, art exhibits, limited openings and performances. Here are ...

In the ancient city of Pompeii ... The quality of the sculptures and their features suggest they were created during the late Republic, a period from 133 to 31 B.C., marking the last period before the ...

Archaeologists have uncovered two near-lifesize sculptures in a Pompeii tomb, shedding new light on the city’s elite. In ancient Rome, women were typically relegated to domestic roles, but being a ...

Based mainly on written evidence of various kinds, it can be shown that in ancient ... sculptures shows us just how difficult this task is. Generations of art historians specializing in Greek and ...