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

Among the items are sandals, pottery and Britain's largest collection of Roman writing tablets, bearing IOU notes and gossip ...

Today, ancient Greco-Roman statues housed in museums are typically ... persisted after Johann Winckelmann, an 18th-century art historian and archaeologist, wrote that “the whiter the body ...

Archaeologists in Pompeii, Italy, analyzed a variety of paint pigments, offering glimpse the art of ancient Romans ... But what materials did ancient Roman artists use to create these masterpieces?

Myth and Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture from the Torlonia Collection, Art Institute of Chicago, 15 March-29 June; Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, 14 September-25 January 2026; Montreal Museum of ...

The ancient Roman aqueduct is visible and looks like a ... offering glimpse the art of ancient Romans, a study said. Photo from the Archaeological Park of Pompeii ...

Roman writer Cicero referenced the treatment ... as a myth of whiteness in ancient art has long been perpetuatedImage: Alexandros Vlachos/EPA/picture alliance/dpa In the 20th century, fascism ...

The cast-bronze sculpture, which has been on display at the entrance to the Met’s Greek and Roman galleries since ... Stern gifted his collection of ancient Cycladic art to Greece, and under ...

For instance, the Roman orator Marcus Tullius Cicero refers ... The use of perfumes in ancient art had not only a decorative purpose but was part of a symbolic and religious language that endowed ...

As far back as the 8th century B.C.E., the city of Corinth served as the beating heart of the Mediterranean’s commerce. Lechaion, its sea port, was at the very core of its success. A new study ...

By dusting off and reinterpreting styles from the classical period ... pink and white tiles. The design’s art-historical connotations are apt: crossing one’s fingers for good luck has its ...