An ancient fossil repurposed as an amulet, discovered in Spain, offers insight into Roman spirituality and the protective use ...

Ancient artifacts and multiple shipwrecks were found underwater. Archaeologists recently completed a survey of the Greek island of Kasos, according to The Greek Ministry of Culture.

Statues in ancient Greece and Rome looked vastly different from the ones we see in museums today. While most surviving Greco-Roman sculptural artifacts are pristinely white, thousands of years ago ...

These peculiar hollow objects, with 12 flat pentagonal faces, have been found scattered across the Roman Empire. Unearthed in England in 1739, over a hundred examples have since been discovered in ...

Archaeologists have discovered multiple artifacts depicting ancient Greek deities in the ancient city of Finziade in Sicily.

Texts from Cicero, Callimachus, and other ancient writers describe how statues were anointed with fragrant oils and ointments. In Sicily, for instance, a statue of Artemis, the goddess of the hunt, ...

Many of the objects are small. Like dime-size, or smaller. Which is appropriate given that many of them are coins – ancient coins that date back to the 200s B.C.

Ancient Greek and Roman statues didn't originally look like they do now in museums. ... (Cult images refer to objects that are worshipped for representing gods.) ...

Archaeologists believe the buildings were used by ancient Rome's version of the secret service. Related: Ancient Japan: 1,500-Year-Old Tomb Discovered With Human Remains and Armor in Perfect Condition ...

Archaeologists recently found an ancient Roman helmet in an unusual location, a Danish village. Vejle Museums announced the discovery of numerous ancient artifacts, including the Roman armor, in a ...

Fifteen ancient Greek artifacts from the private Cycladic art collection of a U.S. billionaire went on display for the first time on Wednesday in Athens, under an agreement which has stirred ...

Ancient Greek and Roman sculptures were not just experienced visually, Brøns writes in her article. "Such scents could function as a way of creating a sensorial experience and even facilitating ...