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While inspecting a sumptuous villa in Rome, an electrician stumbled across long lost works by the Baroque painter Carlo Maratta.
Julius Caesar was believed to have messed up the months in a year, but was trying to fix the solar calendar, resulting in one ...
And so hopefully that's an interesting combination of something that feels, you know, kind of reminiscent of this ancient art, but hopefully a little bit more modern and, and, you know, kind of ...
where ancient Greeks would receive divine advice at its famed oracle, will host a high-tech, AI-driven art installation that seeks to revive those ancient energies while paying tribute to prophecy and ...
In a striking blend of antiquity and technology, the sacred site of Delphi will host an immersive new media installation reimagining the ancient Oracle through the ... Commissioned by the Polygreen ...
She’s just three and a half years old, but Ziv Nitzan has a pretty impressive archaeological find to add to her résumé. Visiting the Tel Azekah site with her family from their home in the ...
Here are a few must-see shows to catch this month. Hatchless Flight – April 12 through May 24 Explore a contemporary artist’s approach to the ancient art of pysanky in this new exhibition from ...
The closest thing we have to a firsthand account is the oft-repeated tale told by Greek historian Plutarch, who was not even alive during Cleopatra’s reign. So his story is just that—a story. He ...
No fewer than seven Queen Cleopatras ruled ancient Egypt during the Ptolemaic period, as a new book explains. Everyone will be familiar with the story of Cleopatra, ancient Egypt’s last ...
Antony and Cleopatra at the Cumberland Theatre is a play about love. Of course, being a Shakespearean play about the real life relationship between Marc Antony, loyal general of Rome, and Cleopatra, ...
The assassination of Julius Caesar at the Senate in Rome, 15th March 44 BC. (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images) What Suetonius tells us about Caesar’s final moments Ancient biographer Suetonius, ...