Several ancient Roman emperors loved Greece. As the Roman Empire consolidated, Greek culture, literature, politics, and art ...
A life-sized statue has been discovered in Pompeii of an ancient Roman woman thought to have been a priestess in a fertility ...
The toga has long been one of the most recognisable symbols of ancient Rome, so why have we been getting its history wrong?
April Fools’ practices date at least back to Renaissance Europe, and probably before. The holiday could be tied to the ...
Archeologists recently uncovered an historic 1,600-year-old Jewish bath known as a mikveh in Ostia Antica, the archaeological site of an ancient Roman city.
Ancient Greek history is full of men who left their own mark for their military genius, bravery, artistic greatness, and ...
In southwestern Türkiye's Milas district of Muğla, the columns of the Zeus Lepsynos Temple are being restored and reinforced ...
For centuries, the stark white marble statues of ancient Greece and Rome have stood as timeless symbols of classical beauty. But these sculptures, now frozen in monochrome, looked dramatically ...
The centuries old festival of jokes has its roots in much more mundane circumstances concerning religious doctrine and a ...
Prosthetics have recently become a bigger part of fashion, on both the runways and red carpets, as new technology allows for ...
Paris, women needed permission from the police to wear a tie. The history of a revolutionary accessory—from ancient Rome to ...