An ancient carved stone head, possibly of a Roman god or philosopher, was uncovered beneath a 5th-century church in Rome, Italy.

In her right hand, the female figure holds laurel leaves, which Roman priestesses and priests once used to purify spaces.

This stunning Greek island packs all the goodness of Mykonos without the crowds - golden beaches, breathtaking historic sites ...

The discovery has been described as a “geometric miracle” and could finally lead to some answers about one of Ancient Egypt’s ...

The statue of Antinous was discovered by a team of French archaeologists who in 1891 excavated the ancient site of Delphi.

The Seven Wonders of the World are often seen as the pinnacle of human architecture and the perfect form of engineering, that ...

Climbing the Acropolis, communing with the druids at Stonehenge, or marveling at the sprawling remains of Pompeii — exploring ...

Life-sized statues of a man and a woman were discovered in a tomb in Pompeii, researchers said, thousands of years after a ...

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

Science has previously shown that sculptures from ancient Greece and Rome were frequently painted in warm colours. A recent ...

Founded by Alexander the Great's father King Philip II in 356 B.C.E., the historic city of Philippi has become one of the ...

Science has previously shown that sculptures from ancient Greece and Rome were frequently painted in warm colours. A recent ...