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

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

Italian painter, Michelangelo Merisi (1573-1610), better known as Caravaggio, left an indelible mark on the world of art—especially in Rome, which fortunately contains a large selection of his works.

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

While the legendary statues of ancient Greece and Rome are now known the world over as stark white works of art housed in museums and galleries, those who viewed them 2,000 years ago would have had a ...

During the course of this three-hour Rome palazzo tour, we will plunge ourselves into this world, exploring the great palaces of the Renaissance with an art historian while discovering exactly how art ...

While the “frivolous East” may have been happy to venerate men as though they were gods, the serious men of the Roman ...

Instead, the archaeologists — budding and not — last summer uncovered what may be the oldest existing example in the ancient Roman world of a mikvah, a Jewish ritual bath. They have ...

At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, ...

The ancient road that ran through northern Greece and connected Rome to Byzantium. Credit: Berthold Werner via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 Roman civilization is well known for its stunning mosaics ...

The cargo ship was found laden with hundreds of Roman pottery jars, most of which are intact. The house, featuring erotic art and bronze statues, was the epitome of wealth in ancient times.

Created more than a century before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 C.E., the wall paintings provide rare insights into secret rituals conducted in the Roman ... walls of an ancient banquet ...