The Hellenistic shift towards portraying the marginalized allowed artists to capture a more complete picture of the human ...

Students in one of Hiram’s Urgent Challenges Seminars, “Why Do Objects Matter?,” recently had the opportunity to engage directly with history during a special classroom visit from an education ...

Scientists have recreated Cleopatra's favorite perfume from a recipe written in Ancient Greek nearly 2,000 years ago.

The masterpieces of ancient art were therefore regarded as but the vain and profitless toys of worldly gratification. But this was not all.

Archaeologists in Albania discovered the first Roman burial chamber of its kind, dating to the 3rd-4th century AD. Named ...

Rick Steves' Europe: Ancient Roman Art Season 12 Episode 1203 | 25m 37sVideo has Closed Captions| CC Rome’s rise, as seen in its supersized monuments, colorful mosaics, and marble Caesars.

Introduces the art and archaeology of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece and Rome, examining various ancient approaches to power, religion, death and the human body. Analyzes art, architecture, and ...

Ancient Greek and Roman statues didn't originally look like they do now in museums. A new study says they didn't smell the same, either.