Towering bronzes depicting emperors once graced an ancient shrine in a region of what is now Turkey that was once part of ...

The museum dropped a legal effort to block the seizure of the statue by investigators who said the bronze, thought by some to ...

Was Cleopatra the cause of the conflict between these two consuls, both eager to become the masters of Rome? Historians are ...

Homer and Odysseus live in a world where there is no one morality common to all people. Odysseus is never condemned for being such a liar, because he is a hero, an aristocrat and a king, therefore the ...

NAPLES, Italy (AP) — Food, music and culture have made the Italian southern city of Naples famous around the globe. But there ...

The religions of the ancient Greeks and the ancient Romans, often simply called “classical religion,” are often viewed as ...

Archaeologists in the ancient Greek city of Perge, Turkey, have discovered five Roman statues, including Aphrodite and Eros.

Rare book collecting, a hobby historically maintained by eccentric billionaires and wealthy universities, is now taking on ...

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Since humans discovered the power and capability that comes with numbers, we have lived in societies that enable us to … ...

The papyrus details the prosecution of two main defendants: Gadalias, a notary’s son and something of an ancient Roman “bad ...