When Giovanni Torlonia and his son Alessandro were building the collection, it was common practice to repair ancient statuary ...

The Dolní Vestonice Portrait Head is just 2 inches tall and 1 inch wide. It's a tiny face carved into an ivory mammoth tusk, ...

Flavius Josephus was a Jewish aristocrat who was initially a general in the Jewish rebellion of 66-71 CE, but soon ...

The 2,000-year-old Torlonia collection of Roman sculptures, now at the Art Institute of Chicago, has the urgency of the ...

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Since then, Greek mummy portraits have been found all over Egypt, and they are now considered to be one of the most important types of art from ancient Egypt. They provide a unique window into the ...

That’s one reason state Senate President Karen Spilka has for years now covered up the portraits of her 91 predecessors ... Alongside the exhibit, the Senate plans to eventually install busts of two ...

The figures appear to represent a married couple. Experts think the woman, who is holding laurel leaves, may have been a priestess Cool Finds The graveyard of Liternum, near Naples, was in use ...

London is a city of layers, where shining skyscrapers are built atop some of the city’s oldest ancient sites. Recent excavations, such as a Roman basilica unearthed in London’s financial ...

US President criticises his Colorado portrait as 'truly the worst ... “I just thought the Roman emperors wouldn’t have put up with it, with this sort of standard. It’s imposing because ...

Emily Curiel [email protected] Kayla Brown, of Columbia, Missouri, cosplaying as the character Te Fiti from the movie Moana, stands for a portrait ... @kcstar.com A head bust of Kansas City ...