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 ...

In 2013, the Italian architect Dario Del Bufalo overheard a one-in-a-million conversation that led to the rediscovery of a priceless, 200-year-old mosaic that once belonged to the Roman Emperor ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

A mosaic that once adorned a lavish pleasure barge built for the Emperor Caligula, who was reputed to have dressed as a woman and appointed his horse as a consul, has been returned to Italy decades ...