If you are planning a short visit to the capital of Italy, there are things you should do with only one day in Rome. Of course, there are lots of places to eat and shop, but you wouldn't want to ...

Several ancient Roman emperors loved Greece. As the Roman Empire consolidated, Greek culture, literature, politics, and art ...

Alberto Angela has made a career out of exploring his hometown. Here are his favourite spots to unearth Rome's millennia of secrets, from the Vatican Museums to Ostia Antica.

The myth that the statues of ancient Greece and Rome were white was created over time and upheld in part to serve racist ideologies. But, in reality, ancient works of art were colorful and even ...

Sarcophagus Lid with Reclining Couple, second half of 2nd century CE (Roman, Imperial Period, Torlonia Collection, Rome), is featured in “Myth and Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture from the ...

Italian police have seized dozens of forged artworks attributed to famous artists such as Picasso and Rembrandt in what authorities have called a “clandestine painting laboratory.” The ...

Archaeologists in Pompeii, Italy, analyzed a variety of paint pigments, offering glimpse the art of ancient Romans, a study said. Photo from the Archaeological Park of Pompeii The ruins of Pompeii ...

Cleopatra, and Marc Antony spent time in their decadent love affair on the Greek island of Samos in the summer of 32 B.C.