Imagine stepping back into that world, not just seeing the ruins, but glimpsing the vibrant colors, feeling the opulence, and ...

It might look like a prehistoric gummy bear, but this palm-sized figurine is an exceptional piece of art and a mysterious ...

Roman ships equipped with bronze rams sank dozens of Carthaginian ships during a major naval battle in 241 BCE – now we know how the rams were made. Close. Advertisement. Skip to content.

Profile of the statue of Aphrodite of Milos (Venus de Milo) at the Louvre Museum. Credit: Bradley Weber / Flickr CC BY 2.0. Throughout ancient and modern history, the goddess Aphrodite has remained a ...

The exhibition is called “Myth and Marble – Ancient Roman Sculpture from the Torlonia Collection.” The works span hundreds of years, with the earliest piece dating from the 5th century BCE. Many of ...

The Roman poet Horace, who lived during the first century B.C., wrote a line about “A close-shaven man, it’s said, in an empty barber’s / Booth, penknife in hand, quietly cleaning his nails ...

The Temple of Venus was the most popular temple in Pompeii. NARRATOR: As an enslaved person in public service, Marcus Venerius, like many others in Roman society, was owned by the whole city ...

The birth of Aphrodite Aphrodite, Greek goddess of love, became Venus in the Roman pantheon. This mural, “The Birth of Venus,” painted before A.D. 79 and found at the House of Venus in the ...

Among these items were Roman glass flasks, a bronze statue of Venus, and coins from both Roman and Greek empires. Recommended For You. Harsh Middle East climate demands innovative cooling solutions.

Sheikha Bodour Bint Sultan Al Qasimi during inauguration of the ‘From Sharjah to Rome via the Spice Route’ exhibition at the historical Colosseum Archaeological Park.

In 2023, a Roman-era statuette of Venus was discovered in a trash dump in Rennes, France. That same year, ancient bronze statues were found in a garbage dump in Tuscany, Italy.