Life-sized statues of a man and a woman were discovered in a tomb in Pompeii, researchers said, thousands of years after a ...

In ancient Greece and Rome, statues not only looked beautiful—they smelled good, too. That’s the conclusion of a new study published this month in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology.

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The best hotels in Rome complement the Eternal City’s rich tapestry of art, culture and cuisine. With a hospitality scene that has just hit its stride, this city seemingly debuts new hotels each ...

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Imagine a Roman citizen, and they are probably donned in the infamous sheet-like garb – the toga. From grand Hollywood epics and gripping TV dramas to fancy dress parties, this flowing white robe has ...

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 ...

Along with the majority of the other gates that once lined the ancient city wall, it was finally demolished in the 18th century to improve traffic access. This wonderfully intact section of wall would ...

The Ides of March, a day of misfortune and doom, is associated with perhaps the most infamous Roman leader, Julius Caesar – or more importantly, his death, solidified by the soothsayer’s warning in ...

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 ...

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 ...