Excavations at a necropolis outside of Liternum, near modern-day Naples, have found two ornate funerary enclosures.
Throughout Lent this year, the St. John Paul II National Shrine in Washington, D.C., is hosting an exhibit on the Shroud of ...
A Danish family has returned three ancient artifacts to Italy after their father purchased them in the 1960s. The items, ...
In 1882, in an Etruscan tomb near Veii, about 16 kilometers north of Rome, a Greek pitcher—an olpe—was discovered. It had ...
Archaeologists have made an incredible discovery in the ancient Egyptian city of Taposiris Magna, including a tunnel beneath a temple, which could be a key lead to the lost tomb of Cleopatra VII.
A leak has revealed the return of Lara Croft. Per ShiinaBR, everyone’s favorite tomb raiding lass is coming back to Fortnite very soon, which is fantastic news as she’s one of the battle ...
The statues were from a family tomb located near the town of Tuscania ... but all the statues give new evidence of the closeness of Etruscan to Roman art. Says Professor Mario Moretti, regent ...
A rare painting by the street artist Banksy, inspired by the recently deceased Scottish painter Jack Vettriano, sold for nearly 4.3 million pounds ($5.5 million) Tuesday, according to auction ...
He took up painting in the 1970s, working in an Impressionist style, but it was only in 1987 at the age of 36, after he left his wife, adopted his mother’s maiden name and began to emulate ...
The glorious gladiatorial games of the Romans are believed to have originated from an Etruscan custom, too. The Etruscans staged funerary rites, which involved fighting, often to the death. An example ...
An extremely rare cycle of paintings depicting a raucous ritual involving the god of wine has been unearthed in Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried by volcanic ash and lava in A.D. 79 ...
Relief of Thutmose III in the Karnak temple complex – credit Wmpearl, CC 0.0 King Tutankhamon is famous for many things, but what most know about the discovery of his unlooted tomb is that it ...