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

The marbles in the Torlonia Collection have been inaccessible to the public for decades. Now, some of them will be exhibited ...

Did you know that ancient sculptures were once richly coloured? Researchers have known about this for centuries, but the general public remains largely unaware.

The city of Perga was renowned throughout the Roman Empire for its skilled laborers’ production of marble statues, exporting high-quality work across the empire. The ancient city (located in ...

The myth that the statues of ancient Greece and Rome were white was created over time and upheld in part to serve racist ...

Ancient Roman Sculpture from the Torlonia Collection” has works span hundreds of years, with the earliest piece dating from ...

More than 1,500 years after its collapse in A.D. 476, the Roman Empire has seen a resurgence in the unlikeliest of settings — social media. Online users, predominantly on the video-sharing app ...

Five Statues Discovered in Ancient Roman Art Hub ... other a decorated cheek guard from a crest helmet, popular in the Roman Empire in the fourth century. “Roman helmet finds from the Iron ...

Bust of Queen Berenike II of Egypt, in the Musee Royal de Mariemont, Belgium. Credit: Romaine / Wikimedia Commons The research is based on a series of classical texts describing how statues of gods ...

(JTA) — An American Jewish tourist was arrested in Israel for allegedly destroying two Roman-era statues inside the Israel Museum, claiming to police that they were “idolatrous and contrary to ...

Researchers suspect the statues unearthed from the ancient city’s “East Street” could be a Roman imagining of Greek mythical figures made around the second century. What It Was Like To Go To ...

The spread of Christianity was made a lot easier by the efficiency of the Roman Empire, but its principles were sometimes misunderstood and membership of the sect could be dangerous. Although ...