An eavesdropped conversation in a bookstore several years ago led to the recent recovery of a first-century A.D. Roman mosaic that had been missing for over 70 years. Close-up view of a long-lost ...

A looted mosaic that once decorated a ship of the Roman Emperor Caligula and ended up as a coffee table in New York City finally returned home Thursday, as details emerged about the lucky break in the ...

While visiting Italy in the 1960s, antiquities dealer Helen Fioratti and her Italian journalist husband acquired a souvenir: a red-and-green inlaid marble mosaic, which the couple purchased from ...

A New York City couple unknowingly used a mosaic commissioned by Caligula as a coffee table for 45 years. The mosaic had disappeared from Italy in 1944 when the Nazis withdrew from the country. The ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Nemi: A looted mosaic that once decorated Roman emperor Caligula’s ship and ended up as a coffee table in New York City finally returned ...

A 2,000-year-old Roman artifact has been recovered after being used as a coffee table in a Manhattan apartment for nearly 50 years. The priceless Roman mosaic dates back to the time of emperor ...

When stains had to be cleaned from a mosaic that once decorated a lavish pleasure vessel from the first century, they were not remnants from the debauched revelries that the murderous and sex-crazed ...

The utility of an antique coffee table in a Manhattan apartment took a sudden, historic turn when New York prosecutors swung by to pick it up. No, they hadn’t seen it on Craiglist, thinking, “Wow, ...

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The Federal Government has stopped a unique mosaic table from leaving the country. The micro-mosaic tabletop is made from glass and semi-precious stones, and depicts images from Roman mythology. It ...