A wealth of options is at hand, but none holds much appeal for Maria Grazia Chiuri. As she exits Dior after a remarkable nine ...

To understand these ghostly revivals, we must travel back to the living. The collection was heavily inspired by the life and ...

This armor wasn't just for show. It could have seen deadly combat during the epic Trojan War.

Amateur archaeologists uncovered a sandstone relief of the Roman goddess of victory in Northumberland. The find occurred in a ...

Who were the women who inhabited ancient Pompeii? A new exhibition of art, objects, and personal testimonies has the answers.

When stains had to be cleaned from a mosaic that once decorated a lavish pleasure vessel from the first century, they were not remnants from the debauched revelries that the murderous and sex-crazed ...

The latest from Austin's oldest classical theater troupe opens this week. Meanwhile, several younger groups are making names ...

Imagine a Roman citizen, and they are probably donned in the infamous sheet-like garb – the toga. From grand Hollywood epics and gripping TV dramas to fancy dress parties, this flowing white robe has ...

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The Venus de Milo, a celebrated ancient statue found ... the Cyclades that record women selling perfumes and textiles, most often in the late Hellenistic and Roman period. So how did life change ...

Women who enjoy sex ... examination of the lives and fates of Roman ladies, in the period 27 BC to 68 AD, quotes an ancient philosopher as saying: ‘A sexually active single woman was no ...

The statue, slightly taller than a human, according to the post, was found in Varna, the ancient city Odessa, and displayed a middle-aged man with a short beard, dressed in a Roman toga and ...