Archaeologists have found a trove of artifacts, including two statues of the goddess Venus, in a Roman-era quarry-turned-trash-dump. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

In a rare meeting between the classical and the contemporary, Gagosian’s Paris gallery has staged a show pairing an ancient Roman sculpture with work by Jean-Michel Basquiat. The sculpture of the ...

Picture it. You’re part of a catering team, called in to serve at a corporate event at a prestigious museum. In an unfortunate twist of events, you have an accidental run-in with a priceless Roman ...

Townley's Venus statue at the British Museum. A waiter hired for an event broke the thumb from the statue's right hand. Townley's Venus statue at the British Museum. A waiter hired for an event broke ...

Out of the trash and into the museum. That’s the likely outcome for a Roman-era Venus statuette excavated in February from a former trash heap in Brittany, northwestern France. The well-preserved four ...

Rome, Jan 27 (EFE).Rome, Jan 27 (EFE). — Iranian President Hassan Rohani denied on Wednesday requesting that the nude statues, in the Capitoline Museums in Rome, be covered during his visit. Asked ...