"The notion of a Roman sculpture show might seem at first blush to be a bit stodgy," said Kyle MacMillan in the Chicago Sun-Times. But the 58 ancient works that constitute "Myth and Marble" are ...

Just when she may have thought she was in sight of the Roman throne – the biggest prize in the ancient world – her own world came crashing down. In the middle of the civil war that would bring ...

Credit: Paolo Reda / REDA / Universal Images Group via Getty Images "The notion of a Roman sculpture show might ... But the 58 ancient works that constitute "Myth and Marble" are special, and ...

Slavery had a long history in the ancient world and was practiced in Ancient Egypt and Greece, as well as Rome. Most slaves during the Roman Empire were foreigners and, unlike in modern times ...

Visitors to the site of Pompeii, the ancient Roman town buried (and so ... and surmounted by the astonishing relief sculpture of the woman and man. They're standing side by side, but not touching.

The collection’s first stop is the Art Institute of Chicago. Titled “Myth and Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture From the ...

Ancient Greek and Roman warships were equipped with bronze rams to smash and sink enemy vessels – and a team of archaeologists has just recreated one. They plan to test the weapon on replica ...

Her study, "The Scent of Ancient Greco-Roman Sculpture," was published in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology this month. Ancient Greek and Roman sculptures were not just experienced visually ...