The Ugly Duchess by Quentin Matsys is an influential painting that has many theories surrounding its intention and meaning.

The Canada-US relationship has captivated social media, drawing parallels to the power dynamics between ancient Athens and ...

Ostracism is an ancient democratic tradition practiced in Athens that offers an alternative approach of imprisoning political ...

When workers began excavating a new parking garage in Rome, they discovered what archeologists say was once Emperor Caligula's "pleasure gardens." Anderson Cooper reports on the find and the scholarly ...

Why should travelers stop by the Pantheon? The Pantheon is ancient Rome's best preserved monument. It was built as a temple to all the gods, but was converted into a Catholic church, which is why ...

His unexplored tomb at Nemrut Dağ may show us more about death and worship in ancient Turkey. Several colossal heads that once stood in the mausoleum of Antiochus I of Commagene now lie in front ...

To understand these ghostly revivals, we must travel back to the living. The collection was heavily inspired by the life and ...

When stains had to be cleaned from a mosaic that once decorated a lavish pleasure vessel from the first century, they were not remnants from the debauched revelries that the murderous and sex-crazed ...