Who were the women who inhabited ancient Pompeii? A new exhibition of art, objects, and personal testimonies has the answers.

including classical ideas of beauty and the supposedly self-sufficient perfection of ideal works of art. Sculpture in ancient Rome was highly prized, but also a commodity, with reproductions of ...

A recent study analyzes the attempt by the Roman emperor Claudius, who ruled from 41 to 54 CE, to promote haruspicy, the ...

but Rome's archaeology reveals that local tribes established the ancient kingdom. A mosaic on the floor of Vittorio Emanuele Gallery is one of many examples of the art inspired by the legend of ...