But, in reality, ancient Greeks and Romans embraced bold colors, which archaeologists call “polychromy.” Brightly hued paints ...

The feasts may have been part of a nine-day-long ... to the east of Narbonne's ancient Roman center. Narbonne, which was known in antiquity as Narbo Martius, was one of the first Roman colonies ...

Unlike the romantic weddings of today, marriage in ancient Rome was an arrangement between ... there would be an enormous feast. The day ended with a noisy procession to the couple's new home ...

Titled “Myth and Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture From the Torlonia Collection,” the ... such monuments to their dead loved ones and visited them on birthdays and feast days. Some sculptures in the ...