Everything We Ask of Art Is in These Marbles
The 2,000-year-old Torlonia collection of Roman sculptures, now at the Art Institute of Chicago, has the urgency of the ...
Smithsonian Magazine3d
Archaeologists Uncover Two Nearly Life-Size Statues Carved Into the Wall of a Tomb in Ancient Pompeii
The figures appear to represent a married couple. Experts think the woman, who is holding laurel leaves, may have been a ...
Artnet News3d
A Life-Sized Statue of a Bejeweled Ancient Priestess Is Unearthed in Pompeii
Two life-sized statues have been unearthed in Pompeii, including a bejewelled priestess of the ancient goddess Ceres.
TheCollector on MSN4d
What Was the Significance of Ephesus?
By the first century CE, Ephesus was already ancient. Established sometime around 1000 BCE in what is now Turkey on with ...
Greek Reporter4d
The Ancient Roman Emperors Who Loved Greece
Several ancient Roman emperors loved Greece. As the Roman Empire consolidated, Greek culture, literature, politics, and art ...