Archaeologists have unearthed two almost life-size sculptures during excavations of a tomb in the ancient Roman city of ...

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The conversion—one of the last projects that the Iraqi-British architect worked on before dying—wraps a landmarked structure in Rome with a futuristic second skin.

Ancient Athens was sacked four times, starting with the Persian invasion in 480 BC and ending with the Visigoth destruction ...

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

There are also a number of premade limewash paint options. Either way, it immediately adds a cosy and enveloping look to any room and what is often some much needed texture. Similar to colour washing, ...

These two colors were “fundamental” to the ancient Roman painters of Pompeii. The team also identified a “new pigment mixture” in the form of a gray paint, the study said. An ancient white ...

Roman writer Cicero referenced the treatment ... The excavation of Pompeii in the 18th century should have proven that painting statues in the ancient world was common practice.

New research is shedding light on the bouleuterion building that once stood in the ancient city of Teos ... Both of these additions date to Teos’ Roman period, after the empire had overtaken ...

Previous research has found traces of pigments from long-faded paint on ancient Greek and Roman statues, showing that works long assumed to be white were in fact highly colourful.