Once home to Cornelius Scipio Africanus, a famed Roman general who defeated Hannibal ... graves is marked by a slab of engraved marble: It indicates the deceased was a gladiator, one of the ...

The more than 10,000 square foot site contains marble sarcophagi, tombs dating from between the first and fourth centuries A.D., and Roman frescoes ... along the Vatican's walls, enabling any ...

It was displayed on a wall in the ancient city ... archaeologists have out laid out walkways lined with ancient Roman grave markers and marble columns found in excavations around the city in ...

A Roman marble copy of a Greek bronze original from circa 330 B.C., the Apollo Belvedere has inspired masterpieces by Dürer (Adam in his 1504 engraving of “Adam and Eve”) and Canova ...

The marble statue from the Roman era had undergone very little damage ... The statue was found outside the fortress walls. Upon finding the ancient piece, construction contractor Georgi Kraychev ...

Lavish marble-clad spaces marked areas fit for the imperial party and the winery was the “theatre” for this sacred performance. One tantalising question remains unanswered: was the Roman ...

Divers also found bronze and marble statues, including of horses. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The 2,000-year-old Roman ...