New discoveries related to works of art in ancient Greece and Rome continue to be unearthed. A Danish study published in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology in March found that statues in antiquity were ...

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

Across history, the goddess Aphrodite has remained a prominent figure of beauty and love, and many statues have been built in ...

Michelangelo, the genius behind David and the Sistine Chapel, led a life filled with passion, a legendary rivalry with ...

Credit: Romaine / Wikimedia Commons The research is based on a series of classical texts describing how statues of gods and illustrious figures were perfumed. For example, the Roman orator Cicero ...

Saturnalia suspended work and business, temporarily “freed” slaves, and eased moral restrictions. Saturn was the Roman god of agriculture, and the festivities honoring him involved decorative masks, ...

Dubbed the “Pillar of the Boatmen,” the limestone column featured depictions of Roman and Gaulish deities — including one deity identified as “Cernunnos.” The god was depicted with a human face and ...

Archaeologists working in the town of Montaione, near Florence, Italy, recently announced the discovery of a miniature statue depicting the Greco-Roman hero Hercules ... This caused Poseidon to fly ...

From the grandeur of the Circus Maximus to the iconic Colosseum, Arya reveals how these massive structures were not just centers of entertainment but also integral parts of Roman religious and ...

sitting on a base depicting the god Eros seated on a dolphin. Next to the Aphrodite statue, researchers found another nearly 2-metre-tall statue of a woman with features from the time of Roman ...

sitting atop a base depicting Eros (the Greek god of love and desire) seated on a dolphin. Experts believe the statue is likely a Roman imagining of the Greek mythical figures created during the ...