President Theodore Roosevelt was inspired by the artistic merit of ancient coins and sought to change the look of American coinage. In 1905 he asked famous sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens to create ...
Robert Frost famously wrote, “Nothing gold can stay.” A new exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum in New York, which is dedicated ...
Archaeologists excavating Gonio-Apsaros fortress uncovered an ancient Roman kiln with pottery inside, a wine press and a rare gold artifact. Photo from the Polish Centre of Mediterranean ...
“The discovery of such a valuable find in a controlled archaeological excavation is very rare,” said excavation leader Dr. Christopher Ratté, professor of ancient Mediterranean art and ...
Featuring a total of 279 artifacts rooted in ancient Greece, the exhibition The Countless Aspects of Beauty in Ancient Art ...
During the dig, the team uncovered a “unique” gold plaque with a Greek inscription dedicated to Jupiter Dolichenus, a mysterious ancient deity popular among Roman soldiers, the center said. A photo ...