Visitors to the site of Pompeii, the ancient Roman town buried (and so preserved for thousands of years) by the eruption of ...

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

Life-sized statues of a man and a woman were discovered in a tomb in Pompeii, researchers said, thousands of years after a deadly volcano wiped out the ancient Roman city . Researchers say the nearly ...

“Iyanu” is a children’s superhero animated series based on Okupe and artist Godwin Akpan’s graphic novel of the same name ...

The ancient Greek myth of Endymion and Selene is one of the famous love stories that has inspired several artists and writers ...

Imbuing his work with a volatile mix of tenderness, aggression, sophistication, and obscenity, the Roman poet left a record ...

In Greek mythology, Dionysus, the god of wine ... making them essential pieces for social and ceremonial gatherings. Lot 93 - Rare Roman Marble Portrait Head of Marcus Crassus An imposing Roman marble ...

During the frigid winters of Scandinavia, it’s no wonder that ancient people looked to a goddess who embodied the harsh beauty of the frozen landscape. Skadi (Skaði), the formidable deity of winter, ...

Ancient Rome unfairly has a reputation for having stolen or copied their mythology and religious traditions from the Greeks and given them Latin names to claim as their own. This is easily disproved ...

“I am King Triton, Poseidon, Neptune — if you’re more into Roman mythology. This is our first tournament appearance, so I’m hoping this gets us over the edge. We’re two-point ...

Several of these texts mentioned anointing statues of Greek and Roman deities—including one depicting Artemis, the Greek goddess of wild animals, in Sicily. Statues of rulers, such as Egypt’s ...

Even from his hospital bed, Pope Francis wanted to make sure to approve Bartolo Longo’s cause for sainthood. Pope St. John Paul II called him “The Man of Our Lady” because nobody was ...