Experts told Live Science it was probably the proto-Sinaitic script, which was invented about 4,000 years ago by Canaanite ...

Statue of Marcus Aurelius, one of the most famous Roman emperors to love ancient Greece and its philosophy. Credit: Livioandronico2013 / Wikimedia commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 Several prominent ancient ...

New study claims Ancient Greek and Roman statues were perfumed. © Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg), CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses ...

While reading ancient Greco-Roman texts, Brøns noticed a handful of references to sweet-smelling statues. She was intrigued, so she decided to go looking for even more mentions of scented sculptures.

Credit: Reuters. For centuries, the stark white marble statues of ancient Greece and Rome have stood as timeless symbols of classical beauty. But these sculptures, now frozen in monochrome ...

At least, that is what most scientists claim. The reality, however, is more complicated. Undoubtedly, there are numerous similarities between Greek and Roman gods. Reading any ancient mythological ...

Sarcophagus Lid with Reclining Couple, second half of 2nd century CE (Roman, Imperial Period, Torlonia Collection, Rome), is featured in “Myth and Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture from the ...

Originally penned by the scholar Suetonius, the book chronicles the drama-riddled lives of the first Roman emperors. There are 12 biographies in total, which cover the reigns of Julius Caesar and the ...

Archeologists conducting a dig underneath the Cressoni Theater in Como, Italy were surprised by the astounding discovery of hundreds of gold coins that date back to the late Roman imperial era in the ...

The figures appear to represent a married couple. Experts think the woman, who is holding laurel leaves, may have been a priestess Cool Finds The graveyard of Liternum, near Naples, was in use ...

The city you are building in Before The Ash is Pompeii, the Roman burg that was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Vesuvius is kind of your co-mayor in Before The Ash. It ...

A life-sized statue has been discovered in Pompeii of an ancient Roman woman thought to have been a priestess in a fertility cult. The statue decorated the façade of a monumental tomb dedicated ...