A study of a mosaic discovered on an English farm in 2020 shows that the Romans knew more than just Homer's version of the Trojan War story.

Once a site of forced baptisms and brutal control, the museum near Luanda now exposes the trade’s human toll and opens archives that may reconnect families across continents.

Groundbreaking micoexcavations at Pompeii have revealed that the city's slaves may have eaten better than its free Romans.

Historic treasures dating back to the roman empire are up for grabs at an auction of rare collectibles in Sydney. Among the items are coins minted during the reign of Julius Caesar as well as two ...

Sotheby’s opened its new headquarters on Madison Avenue in the Marcel Breuer building, formerly home to the Whitney Museum of American Art, earlier this month. (photo by Alexi Rosenfeld via Getty ...

These are exciting times to be in the market for coins. Production of the cent has ceased. Some specially minted examples are to be auctioned by the U.S. government. The numbers the government hopes ...

Adrien Meyer sells the top lot of The Collection of Robert F. and Patricia G Ross Weis, Mark Rothko’s No. 31 (Yellow Stripe) for $62,160,000. Christie's All eyes are on New York—with small interludes ...

The collection of Robert F. Weis and Patricia G. Ross Weis has an estimate in excess of $180 million. Christie's Over the past decade these types of sales have accounted for 15.6 percent of total ...

Thursday afternoon's sale of $25 billion in 30-year Treasury bonds produced below-average bidding by direct bidders, rounding out this week's trio of auctions. The 30-year auction tailed by roughly 1 ...

A quantity of 97 Roman silver denarii, dating from 141 BC to 46 A.D. discovered in a field in the Dorset village of Chilfrome in the UK have been sold by Noonans Mayfair. The coins brought a hammer ...