Since 1471, the Capitoline Museums have been accumulating masterpieces of ancient art here, with patience and devotion throughout the centuries. On 14 December 1471, Pope Sixtus IV presented the Roman ...

At its peak, the Byzantine Empire commanded territory extending from the Balkans to North Africa, and it played a crucial role in connecting Christian and Islamic civilizations and conserving ancient ...

The Arch of Constantine in Rome, which was built across the Via Triumphalis close to the Colosseum in A.D. 312–315, celebrates Constantine’s victory at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge in A.D ...

Brøns also referenced numerous ancient writers as evidence of the practice. For example, the Greek physician Dioscorides provided a recipe for myron rhodinon, which translates to "perfume made from ...

A sculpture of Aphrodite is displayed during an exhibition of ancient Greek art in 2007 in Beijing, China. The collection is from the 5th and 4th centuries B.C.

A sculpture of Aphrodite is displayed during an exhibition of ancient Greek art in 2007 in Beijing, China. The collection is from the 5th and 4th centuries B.C.

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

One of her earliest examples comes from the Roman writer Cicero (106–43 BCE), who described a ritual treatment of a statue of Artemis in the city of Segesta.

For example, the statue "Laocoön and his Sons," found in Rome in 1503, had colors that were "deliberately looked over," said Brinkmann, adding that the traces of color were often attributed to ...