Coriolanus Addressing the Plebeians, George Cruikshank One of the most fundamental characteristics of civilization is the rule of...
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The newly found inscription provides invaluable information about the construction of the Roman thermae in the Ancient...
Roman bronze balance weights. Probably used by a goldsmith or chemist. Imperial period. (Archaeological Museum, Como, Italy) / Photo...
Large grain marble head believed to be a local (Mediolanum) copy of an official portrait of Roman emperor Claudius (41-54...
The view inside Pompeii’s old granary (Francesco Lastrucci) The famous archaeological treasure is falling into scandalous decline, even...
Ruins of the Roman Forum / Wikimedia Commons The early history of the Roman Republic was one...
A view of the millstones and oven of a bakery (Pistrinium) in the Roman town of Pompeii which was buried in...
Painting by Laurits Tuxen showing a Christian Bishop displacing an image of the pagan Slavic deities during...
A portion of the 2nd century BCE Basilica of the Roman town of Pompeii, the oldest surviving example of such...
A model of the agora of Athens at its maximum extension during the 2nd century CE. (Agora Museum, Athens) / Photo...
Location of the sunken island of Cyanida / Kianida on Ptolemy’s 9th European Map (Nona Europae Tabula)...
Rewriting history from the air. William S Hanson Scrutinizing archives of aerial photography, we have been able to...
Brothels in Pompeii were decorated with murals depicting erotic and exotic scenes: but the reality was far...
A fragment of a wall painting showing two lovers in bed from the House of L Caecilius...
The Vandals were buried beneath the awful weight of metaphor. Dr Case It might seem a stretch to...
By Matthew Merighi / 06.17.2014 Assistant Director, Fletcher Maritime Studies Program Tufts University They poured gold down...
What happens to Romulus and Remus? Wolfgang Zwanzger/Shutterstock Questions of how, and when, a city “founded”. By Dr. Laura Swift /...
Excavating the eastern wall section of Halmyris in 2016. Emily Hanscam, Author provided Excavating the history of migration along the frontier of the Danube. By Emily Hanscam / 07.25.2017...
Piazza del Popolo. Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-ND From the Temple of Heliopolis to the centre of Rome, the massive stone column has...
Wellcome Trust/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA At Ebbsfleet, in northeast Kent, archaeologists have finally uncovered the site where JuliusCaesar’s fleet landed in 54 BCE...
Not so august now. Stefano Carniccio/Shutterstock Monument restoration requires lacking funds. By Alice Borchi / 08.19.2014 PhD Candidate,...
One of the two exposed foundations of an Ancient Roman triumphal arch from the 1st century AD...
A rich Roman villa from the 3rd – 4th century AD has been discovered some 30 km...
Angled shot of the Colosseum in Rome / Photo by Jimmy Walker, Wikimedia Commons By Dr. Nicholas K....
An over-life-size statue of the goddess Venus is the centerpiece of J. Paul Getty, the Collector (Gallery...
Greek and Roman Glass (214) in the reinstalled Getty Villa Centuries-old glassworking techniques dazzle the modern eye...
By Dr. Beryl Rawson Vale Professor Emerita Professor of Classics and Ancient History Australian National University The...
The Summerston distance stone from the Antonine Wall, which was found near Bearsden, was one artefact successfully...
The Roman Forum / Photo by DannyBoy7783, Wikimedia Commons By Dr. Lorena Atzeri / 11.20.2017 Akademie der...
Left: Tondo with the Bust of a Man, A.D. 300–400, Roman. Marble, 22 5/8 in. The J....