Several dozen other coins, made of an alloy of gold, silver and copper, come from what is now Great Britain and were stamped ...

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Something The Mona Lisa, David, and The School of Athens all have in common is they represent a way of thinking that was ...

By situating the Fayum portraits at the intersection of Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Syrian, and Jewish traditions, the book opens up space to understand how cultural practices evolve and intermingle.

A deeper look into the development of ancient Greek art and sculpture through time, covering various styles, forms and ...

A Roman marble portrait head dating back over 1,800 years has sold for a whopping £71,000 at an auction in Oxford.

Archaeologists in Luxembourg have discovered a lavish 1,700-year-old hoard of Roman gold coins that had been placed near the foundations of a small, tower-like Roman fort.

In the 17th century, when the monetary system was in turmoil due to the Civil War, many tradesmen made their own money, known as tokens. In the Basingstoke area some 13 tokens of different designs ...

The exhibition focuses on themes of celebration and propaganda in Roman times ... Hadrian, the Portraits," at the Mouseia of Villa Adriana. To these important projects is now added the temporary ...

The portrait of Julien (Père ... In April 2018, BBC Radio 1 DJ Greg James led a real-life recreation of In A Roman Osteria (1866) by Danish painter Carl Bloch after his listeners said he looked ...

The Carpathians stretch from Slovakia through Poland, Ukraine and Romania in a “dark ring” or “magnificent horseshoe” some ...