Rome transported obelisks and treasures from Egypt and Greece, showcasing engineering, art, and cultural exchange.

Collaborating with de Gournay’s master artisans, Heuman crafted a whimsical scene inspired by the gardens of the ancient ...

He used to complain some people didn’t devote enough time to keeping fit. In his treatise, Hygiene, Galen wrote one of his patients, a philosopher called Premigenes, was such a workaholic he stayed ...

Pity the Romans. Their sculpture is often compared unfavorably to that of the Greeks. While the work of their Attic cousins is celebrated for being high-minded and idealistic—all those ripped bodies, ...

In Rome’s own mythology, the early city was architecturally restrained and modest. This began to change, its ancient historians wrote, after Rome conquered Greece in the 2nd century B.C.E. and ...

Long before the Roman Empire came along, the Ancient Greeks controlled much of southern Italy. From the 8th to the 5th centuries BC, intrepid Greek settlers transformed this region into a mosaic of ...

Only a minority of Greek and Roman children received an education. Those few found themselves in a strange world of poetry and pedantry. Bank robbers turn blue state into hot spot for heists as ...

The Department of Classics at Gettysburg College has officially rebranded itself as the Department of Ancient Greek & Roman Studies. The department held its annual fall welcome party on Sept. 24 in ...

Rick Steves Art of Europe weaves Europe’s greatest masterpieces into an entertaining and inspiring story. From prehistoric cave paintings to the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Greece, and Rome; ...

Archaeologists recently unearthed the remains of a massive Roman council hall in Turkey – and the site holds carvings linked to early Christian worship. The discovery, found in the ancient city of ...

In southern Turkey, an extensive new trail network spirits trekkers to Pisidia, home to many lost treasures and a true crossroads of civilizations The city gate of Ariassos, one of several ancient ...