Rick Steves' Europe. Art of Ancient Rome. Special | 55m 16s Video has Closed Captions | CC. The rise and fall of Rome through its architecture and art (statues, mosaics, frescoes).

Bubonic plague in Europe changed art history. Why coronavirus could do the same. By Christopher Knight. Art Critic Follow. March 29, 2020 9 AM PT . Share via Close extra sharing options. Email; ...

Europe is rich in history, but the splendid castles, antique churches and age-old ruins tell only part of the story. To dig even deeper in time — much deeper — visit a cave. Some of my ...

Recently discovered rock art from caves in Northern Spain represents an artistic cultural style common across ancient Europe, but previously unknown from the Iberian Peninsula, according to a ...

Founded in 6000 BCE, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, is considered Europe's oldest continuously inhabited city.Known as the city of the seven hills, Plovdiv has 200 archeological sites and ancient ruins ...

Helped by depictions in ancient cave art, they suspect the bison may be the result of a rare hybridization event 120,000 years ago between the extinct Steppe bison and ancient auroch, a massive ...

New evidence of European cave art’s early origin fits a scenario in which wall drawings and other symbolic behaviors extend far back in the Stone Age (SN: 8/13/11, p. 22).

ATHENS, Nov 2 (Reuters) - Fifteen ancient Greek artifacts from the private Cycladic art collection of a U.S. billionaire went on display for the first time on Wednesday in Athens, under an ...

But ancient Romans, with their vast empire, gave Europe its first taste of a common culture and left an enduring legacy of great art. It certainly was a humble beginning.