A lot of the time, great discoveries happen by a complete accident. At least, that was the case in Bulgaria last week when a crew of archaeologists unexpectedly unearthed a centuries-old artifact ...

A researcher thinks a satyr with an erect penis and ugly laugh could secretly be the Renaissance master's self-portrait. Is it? Some 400 years ago, Cardinal Ludovico Ludovisi — whose family would ...

For a city in the hinterlands of the Roman Empire, attaining eleutheria was highly coveted. The word means liberty in Greek and granted a city the right to run its own administrative and legal affairs ...

Archaeologists excavating UNESCO World Heritage site uncover Roman-era marble bathtub and male statue later used as paving ...

Archaeologists say marble piece may belong to monumental Hestia statue, offering fresh insight into Metropolis’ ...

Authorities in Greece are investigating after a 2,000-year-old marble statue was discovered wrapped in a trash bag and discarded among garbage bins this week. Police in Thessaloniki, the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Leslie Katz covers the intersection of culture, science and tech. Archaeologists excavating an ancient Roman sewer last week made ...

Construction workers came across an "exceptionally preserved" marble statue during a job in the city of Varna in Bulgaria. The Varna Regional Museum of History announced the find in a Facebook post on ...

AUSTIN, Texas -- Two thousand years ago in Rome an artist sculpted a marble statue of a general's head. The bust ended up in a Bavarian King's museum in Germany centuries later before disappearing ...