The Capitoline Museums in Rome have just today opened an exhibition exploring the history of The Farnese in sixteenth-century Rome. The show draws together one hundred and forty masterpieces including ...

The Roman gold lock that a metal detectorist discovered in Germany may be small, miniature even, but it's no trivial find.

The Trial of the Pyx is an age-old British ceremony that inspects coins to prevent counterfeiting. Judges in red robes and white gloves gathered to ensure that thousands of coins from The Royal Mint ...

Judges in red robes and white gloves convened Tuesday in the ornate livery hall of London's Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths ...

Are colored European coins a creative enhancement or an unwelcome alteration? While some collectors embrace the vivid designs ...

An exhibition in Rome is dedicated to the Farnese art collection and the influence of Pope Paul III Farnese on the Eternal ...

Walker’s new installation at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art offers us visions from both the past and future.

Massive Levantine-Egyptian stone head of a pharaoh, Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 B.C. Likely from a monumental sphinx, wearing royal 'nemes' headdress ...

Archaeologists uncover Roman inscriptions and a coin in Spain’s Cova de les Dones, indicating ritual significance.

Greek mythology is prominent in art dating from antiquity through to the renaissance and even in contemporary artwork. During ...

With recent findings on the Iron Age creating excitement among archaeologists and scholars worldwide, Tamil Nadu has charted ...