Several ancient Roman emperors loved Greece. As the Roman Empire consolidated, Greek culture, literature, politics, and art ...

Much like similar derogatory titles “siren” and “fury”, the term “harpy” is derived from a group of monstrous female figures ...

Thousands of years ago, Greco-Roman statues offered viewers a multi-dimensional experience that also called to our olfactory ...

The myth that the statues of ancient Greece and Rome were white was created over time and upheld in part to serve racist ideological purposes. But in reality, ancient works of art were colorful, and ...

Defined by the men in their lives, women in ancient Rome were valued mainly as wives and mothers. Although some were allowed more freedom than others, there was always a limit, even for the ...

Titled “Myth and Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture From the Torlonia ... the-scenes ‘soft’ power and influence held by many women of elite Roman families.” The Torlonia family began their art collection ...

Unused paints are generally rare finds for archaeologists — but not at Pompeii. Take a look at “almost the entire palette of ...

Ancient Greek and Roman statues didn't originally look like they do now in museums. A new study says they didn't smell the ...

Other women, attract attention for their flagrant sexual excesses. One ancient writer describes Julia, Augustus’ only daughter, entertaining her lovers in public in the Roman forum. While ...