Public ceremonies, lavish processions, and temporary wooden arches were commonplace after victory in Ancient Rome. But during the height of its power, the emperor decided to change that and leave a ...

The ancient Rome that remains today is one of fabulous marble buildings, built with superb ... Lifestyles of the rich and famous Life was very different for the upper classes.

A cross inlaid in the floor of a library marks the spot where Indiana Jones has to dig to access the ancient catacombs ... and only a few buildings have a basement," says Luigi Fozzati, head ...

Rome’s city centre is vast, and to fully explore its historical and cultural treasures, you would need at least a week. But ...

During a recent excavation on the grounds of a mansion in Slovakia, researchers discovered something remarkable: a Roman ...

The Colosseum in Rome, Italy was competed in AD80 and is one of the most famous buildings in the world. It’s the largest ancient amphitheatre ever built, thought to have had a capacity of up to ...

As the world’s tallest twin towers since 1996, the Petronas Twin Towers were designed with a Malaysian spirit in mind. From a bird’s-eye view, each tower resembles an eight-point star, an Islamic ...

Unused paints are generally rare finds for archaeologists — but not at Pompeii. Take a look at “almost the entire palette of ...

One of the most famous examples of a statue on which ... and Adolf Hitler particularly praised the art and architecture of ancient Greece and Rome, and the idea of white classical statues was ...