Standing 154 feet tall, the column of Marcus Aurelius is located in the Piazza Colonna and intricately decorated with ...

Known as a kore, this 2,500 year-old-statue is a fusion of ancient aesthetics and a symbol of cultural exchange between the ...

The year we are leaving behind will be mostly remembered for the conflicts that escalated, the political landscapes that ...

Vivid scenes of battlefield decapitations and female prisoners dragged off by their hair, carved into the 1,840-year-old ...

The beloved ancient Greek sculpture called "The Boxer at Rest," from 330-50 BC, is one of the most realistic of all ancient ...

From our coverage of the Louvre heist to the rising authoritarianism in the White House, this year has generated plenty of ...

Leonardo da Vinci’s 'Mona Lisa' had been missing for more than 24 hours before anybody at the Louvre even noticed.

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We've ranked the most interesting archaeological finds of all time, ranging from the intricate ruins of Machu Picchu to the ...

From super-sized natural wonders and man-made marvels to some of the weirdest, creepiest, and teeny-tiniest sights, we take a ...

About a fifth of the Louvre’s 2,100 employees voted to go on strike for the day, adding to the sense of crisis at the museum since a brazen heist in October. By Ségolène Le Stradic and Ana Castelain ...