Archeologists Accidentally Stumble on Near-Perfect 1,700-Year-Old Roman Statue Researchers were astounded when they unearthed ...

Authorities say the men scoured the Abu Qir Bay seafloor not far from Alexandria on the shores of the Mediterranean.

Bronze snakes, statues, two gold crowns, jewelry ... Etruscans thrived in Italy around 2,600 years ago before were conquered ...

Atop Cividade Hill in northern Portugal, the ancient city of Bracasa Augusta lays in ruin. Today, the site belongs to the ...

A restored Trevi Fountain was unveiled on Sunday after more than two months of cleaning and restoration, part of Rome's ...

TAIYUAN, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) -- "To the glory that was Greece and the grandeur that was Rome." Statues and artifacts representing the mythical beauty in Edgar Allan Poe's famous words will officially ...

During the upcoming Jubilee year, millions of Christian pilgrims will flock to the Eternal City’s innumerable holy places.

Unlike the romantic weddings of today, marriage in ancient Rome was an arrangement between two families. Like much of Roman society, it was highly structured but also logical and, in some ways ...

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The pieces originated in Bubon, a Turkish site known for its links to the Roman Empire—and the extensive looting that occurred there in the 20th century. The statue is thought to depict ...

An ancient statue of Roman Emperor Septimius Severus with a tumultuous history, including a severed head, has returned to its place of origin. The body of the statue, which once resided in a ...