The elders also highlighted the imagery of symbolically significant animals, such as anacondas, jaguars, bats and herons, as ...

It took over two years, but divers in Sicily finally scoured a shipwreck off the island's south shore, and found lots of ...

The character of Roman art history has changed in recent years. More than ever before, it is concerned with the role of art in ancient society, including the functions that it served and the values ...

Families were dominated by men. At the head of Roman family life was the oldest living male, called the "paterfamilias," or "father of the family." He looked after the family's business affairs ...

Roman religion was divided into two. Spirits watched over people, families and households, and the paterfamilias was in charge of the household worship that honored them. Romans also had a set of ...

A group of Roman re-enactors. The Roman army was the largest fighting force in the ancient world. It conquered a huge empire that stretched from Britain all the way to the Middle East. The ...

By Jillian Steinhauer Tamara de Lempicka’s first major U.S. survey invokes her as a trailblazing techno-feminist who borrowed freely from art history. But it also buries her erratic second act.

The 4,500-year-old pyramids of Giza are the backdrop for "Forever Is Now," which features sculptures, installations and ...

This edition includes a new chapter on art throughout the Roman empire, new illustrations, updated bibliography and glossary. ‘Well-planned, written in a lively manner … observations are un-hackneyed ...

An exceptionally well-preserved marble statue of a Roman dignitary has been discovered by construction workers in Varna, a coastal city on the Black Sea in Bulgaria. The life-sized sculpture ...

A group of Roman re-enactors. The Roman army was the largest fighting force in the ancient world. It conquered a huge empire that stretched from Britain all the way to the Middle East. The ...