Other Roman emperors met far more bloody ends than the cheese-loving Antoninus. Nero committed suicide; Galba was murdered by ...

I’m standing in front of what looks, at first glance, like a colorful stone counter frozen mid-shift in an ancient workday.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art returned a 16th-century Buddhist painting believed to have been removed from a temple by the United States Army during the Korean War, the institution announced today, ...

Rome transported obelisks and treasures from Egypt and Greece, showcasing engineering, art, and cultural exchange.

Friends and family visiting Houston during the holiday season will find art openings that appeal to every taste. Classic art ...

Enjoy Picasso over morning coffee, Dali over dinner, or take a garden stroll past a Henry Moore sculpture in one of these ...

The work of Polish artist Igor Mitoraj has fascinated both critics and audiences around the world for decades. His monumental sculptures, often depicting fragmented bodies and faces, evoke ancient ...

Pity the Romans. Their sculpture is often compared unfavorably to that of the Greeks. While the work of their Attic cousins is celebrated for being high-minded and idealistic—all those ripped bodies, ...

Ashkelon, one of Israel's oldest cities, has just unveiled a remarkable archaeological discovery—two Roman-era vaulted tombs adorned with stunning wall paintings. These artworks, depicting Greek ...

The ancient Romans weren’t precious about their marble statues. They didn’t sequester them in museums, displaying them out of reach, next to placards explaining their provenance, context, and meaning.

Over the past two decades, excavations at Laodicea, the Roman provincial capital of Phrygia in modern-day Turkey, have produced some remarkable finds. These have included frescoed travertine walls, a ...

An ancient Roman erotic mosaic depicting a half-naked couple has returned to Pompeii more than 80 years after it was stolen by a Nazi officer during World War II, Italy’s cultural heritage police said ...