Archaeologists have uncovered evidence that four people, including a child, in Pompeii used furniture to block a bedroom door ...

The famous Greek foot commonly found in ancient Greek statues, was initially attributed to the Golden Ratio artists were ...

By Angela Dansby, CNN Tassili n’Ajjer National Park, Algeria (CNN) — “Labès?” (‘OK?”) asks Baba Atanof as a tourist struggles ...

Poet and Worcester State University professor Heather Treseler is a Pushcart Prize winner for her poem "Purpura." The ...

Roman society was, in many ways ... Original public domain image from Yale Center for British Art. In legal terms, a collegium (or corpus) was a recognized corporate body capable of owning ...

Summer is, perhaps counterintuitively, the season when many of us find ourselves with our nose constantly in a book. Warm ...

Folklore has it that the Sun was a bit of a rake Haven t you noticed how sunflowers strain their necks to gaze adoringly at him asks DEVDUTTT PATTANAIk In Roman times Sunday was the first day of the w ...

A painted pottery figurine depicting two women holding hands, housed at the Luoyang Museum in Henan province, has recently ...

Researchers also discovered several movable finds, including statues of Aphrodite and clay heads of female figures.

A recent archaeological excavation in Switzerland turned morbid when historians came across a trove of infant burials dating back to Ancient Rome. The excavation began last May in order to make ...