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 ...
The researchers connected an inscription on a marble pedestal to the well-preserved marble sculpture. Photos by A.B. Biernacki / Klenina et al., npj Heritage Science, 2025 More than two decades ago, ...
An 1,800-year-old marble figurine, depicting an aquatic water nymph, has been unearthed by archaeologists during excavations of an ancient Roman bathhouse. The site, named La Alcudia, is located near ...
THESSALONIKI, Greece — A marble statue of a woman believed to be more than 2,000 years old was found abandoned in a garbage bag near the Greek city of Thessaloniki, police said Wednesday. A resident ...
An incredible thrift store find has left the internet amazed after a woman stumbled on a rare 19th century marble statue for just $3. South Florida resident and antique enthusiast Ali Noble, who runs ...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) — At the corner of Fourth Street and Marble Avenue, there’s a statue that’s been standing for nearly 100 years. The piece aims to honor the pioneering women of the early 1900s ...
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 ...
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 ...
My visit to Daytona Beach took place in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. In November of 2021, my husband, Bill, and I, armed with disinfecting wipes and lots of masks, boarded a plane for the first ...
Multiple Roman figures are larger-than-life personalities that have had a hold on human civilization for centuries. People have captured these figures in writings as well as beautiful art. Experts ...