The figures appear to represent a married couple. Experts think the woman, who is holding laurel leaves, may have been a ...

Archaeologists have uncovered the long-lost top half of a massive Ramesses II statue—nearly a century after its base was ...

In the suburbs of Paris, magic is made in the Louvre’s little-known ateliers, writes Elaine Sciolino in this excerpt from her ...

Ancient Greek and Roman statues didn't originally look like they do now in museums. A new study says they didn't smell the ...

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At the underwater archaeology site of Gran Carro di Bolsena in Aiola, Italy, divers found an ancient clay figurine pegged to be from the 9th or 10th century BC. The ritualistic-looking item was ...

The myth that the statues of ancient Greece and Rome were ... would have been covered in bright colors, as indicated by paint traces found on the statueImage: Chun Ju Wu/Zoonar/picture alliance ...

The Banyon-style sculpture stands about four feet tall and was found without its head, hands, and feet. However, experts believe that a carved left hand and a foot found nearby in 2024 came from ...

At first, statues of Aphrodite displayed her fully clothed and lacking distinctive character. This changed around the fifth century BC, when the greatest Greek sculptors gave ... by Roman sculptors ...

“It was a big surprise when we unearthed this sculpture because all we’d found so far were small pieces,” Simon said. The statue’s torso was crafted with a robe and sash, carved ...

To read about a marble sculpture unearthed in the ancient Greek city of Philippi, go to "A Young Hercules." ...

LONDON — A 16th-century painting stolen more than 50 years ago has been found — and is now at the center of a custody battle between a widow in England and a small Italian museum.