Indeed, only a year before the appearance of Duccio’s work, the Palio, Siena’s famous horse race, was first run as part of ...

Archaeologists in Pompeii have uncovered rare, nearly life-sized frescoes that offer fresh insight into religious practices in the ancient city before it was destroyed by Mount Vesuvius in AD 79, the ...

A form of artistic activism that faded after its heyday in the 1970s is back and aims to make its mark at TEFAF Maastricht.

There has long been a Vatican taboo against openly talking about a conclave when a pope is sick: It’s considered gauche to speculate about the election of a new pope while the current one is fighting ...

And that is certainly true as Pope Francis battles double pneumonia at Rome’s Gemelli hospital. But the surprising success of “Conclave” the film and its momentum going into Sunday’s ...

Archaeologists in Pompeii have discovered rare life-size frescoes that offer fresh insight into religious rituals in the ancient city before it was destroyed by Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. The ...

Archaeologists in a new discovery unearthed a “megalography” in the ruins of Pompeii that has revealed the wilder side of the ancient Romans. According to CNN, the researchers, during their ongoing ...

In 186 BC, the Roman Senate banned the rites, known as Bacchanalia, on moral grounds, except in special circumstances. Nonetheless, they continued, especially in southern Italy. All the figures in the ...

Rome (CNN) — Another new discovery in the ruins of Pompeii has shed light on the wilder side of the ancient Romans. An extremely rare frieze known as a “megalography,” or painting with life-sized ...

An extremely rare frieze known as a “megalography,” or painting with life-sized figures, has been unearthed in an area where ongoing excavations have produced some of the ancient site’s most ...