The pieces in this exhibition convey a great sense of what it must have been like to encounter these works in their ...

New, almost life-size statues discovered in a necropolis in Pompeii. Details about the possible Roman priestess.

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One of the world’s most famous religious buildings, Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia was extraordinary when it was built in the sixth century, and with a history surrounded in myth, legend and controversy, it ...

A skeleton recovered from a Roman-era cemetery in England may mark the first physical evidence of combat between gladiators ...

Downloads of the 2024 film have surged since the death of Pope Francis—but in the 16th and 17th century, it was etchings that ...

A Roman thought to be a gladiator stares out in a visual reconstruction of a man who met a gruesome end almost 2,000 years ...

The Vatican is closing the Sistine Chapel to the public as part of its preparations for the conclave to elect the next pope ...

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