To modern eyes, much of Pompeii’s erotic art might look like ancient pornography. But to the Romans, these images weren’t ...

Classical archaeologist Michael Guggenberger, who has published several studies on the objects, described them in a 2000 ...

The thousands of fragments once formed an enormous fresco that decorated around 20 walls in a building in central London.

London researchers recently reconstructed large Roman plaster collection, revealing vibrant frescoes hidden for 1,800 years ...

For centuries, the stark white marble statues of ancient Greece and Rome have stood as timeless symbols of classical ... This ...

Myth and Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture from the Torlonia Collection through June 29 at the Art Institute of Chicago. artic.edu Portus relief, late 2nd-early 3rd century, Roman, Imperial period.

"The notion of a Roman sculpture show might seem at first blush to be a bit stodgy," said Kyle MacMillan in the Chicago Sun-Times.But the 58 ancient works that constitute "Myth and Marble" are ...

Statue of a Resting Goat. Body: late 1st century, Roman, Imperial period. Head attributed to Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680). (Lorenzo De Masi/Torlonia Collection, Rome/Torlonia Foundation ...

Featured artefacts from The British Museum’s world-famous collection include the double-headed serpent of the Aztecs, the ...