During a recent excavation on the grounds of a mansion in Slovakia, researchers discovered something remarkable: a Roman ...

The display, hosted by Blvgari at the Art Institute of Chicago, showcases the largest private collection of Imperial Roman ...

The handful animal ghosts in the ancient world are often depicted not as friendly visitors but as mere tools for humans – and ...

But, in reality, ancient Greeks and Romans embraced bold colors, which archaeologists call “polychromy.” Brightly hued paints ...

A new study by Dr. Margherita Mussi, published in Quaternary International, highlights how naturally occurring basalt spheres ...

The toga has long been one of the most recognisable symbols of ancient Rome, so why have we been getting its history wrong?

Pax Romana, the latest installment in Unisoft's beloved city-building series. Build, trade and conquer your way to victory ...

Josiah Osgood’s account of the Roman statesman’s career, Lawless Republic, is a startlingly prescient tale of politics ...

Stunningly and unexpected, virtually all of the selections on view in this exhibition are complete. Co-organized by the Art Institute and Rome-based Torlonia Foundation, it is the first time works ...

For centuries, historians and linguists have been searching for the cradle of the Indo-Europeans, an ancient people who shaped history and created the world’s largest language family ...

Croatia In 301 A.D., the Emperor Diocletian made a bold but ultimately unsuccessful bid to address the inflation that was rampaging across the eastern half of the divided Roman Empire. Prices of ...

Identify ancient pigments using x-ray fluorescence (XRF) One key technique, X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectrophotometry, has been used to identify the chemical composition of the paintings’ pigments.