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Archaeologists who are excavating the ancient city of Nineveh in Iraq have discovered a rare stone carving depicting the last ...
The image many have in mind of Greek sculptures—noble looking with a bit of an emptiness about the eyes—might be slightly ...
Vindolanda was first built by the Roman army, before construction had even begun on the 73-mile-long Hadrian’s Wall, to guard ...
The relief depicts a woman, identified by archaeologists as the goddess Victoria, or Victory, according to the release. The counterpart to Greek goddess Nike, Victoria personified victory and was ...
Archaeologists uncovered a relief of King Ashurbanipal with Assyrian gods in ancient Nineveh, offering new insight into ...
Nearly 60 works from the famed Torlonia Collection are on view in Chicago.
Archaeologists are revealing the secrets of a long-lost Stone Age civilisation ... as old as ancient Egypt or even Stonehenge and almost five times the age of classical Greece.
There’s nowhere quite like Athens. The mix of ancient ruins and modern city life is pretty surreal, and the juxtaposition of a 2500-year-old temple with a corner restaurant serving authentic local ...
It’s amazing what can be found at the bottom of people’s gardens. The severed marble head of an unknown Roman philosopher, ...
Travel is often about experiencing new places, cultures and histories. But some destinations take you deeper into history ...