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 ...

Archaeologists discovered a Roman necropolis near Naples at the location of the ancient settlement of Liternum. An inscription in the marble of a ... conservation of the wall structures and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Archaeologists working in southern Italy have identified a Roman fortification built to contain the slave revolt leader Spartacus and his army. Researchers have concluded that the wall ...

Once home to Cornelius Scipio Africanus, a famed Roman general who defeated Hannibal ... “This necropolis, thanks to its excellently preserved wall structures and tombs, adds an important ...