While excavating the ruins of Pompeii, the ancient Roman city destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 C.E., ...

The myth that the statues of ancient Greece and Rome were white was created over time and upheld in part to serve racist ideologies. But, in reality, ancient works of art were colorful and even ...

Among the most striking installations at the Art Institute’s “Myth and Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture from the Torlonia Collection, is a “gallery of emperors” featuring Rome’s imperial ...