The perceived homoeroticism of Gladiator II has caused much comment, but is it really such a distortion of the truth?
Archaeologists in Italy have discovered intricate artwork inside a small Pompeii house that was buried in ash and debris from ...
At the bottom of a wide black dish with two handles in red there is a man and woman within a ring of repeating spiral designs. He is nude with a tail and holds the woman's arm while she turns toward ...
The Stockholm subway system is said to be the world's longest art exhibit - 110 kilometers long. Traveling by subway is like traveling through an exciting story that extends from the artistic pioneers ...
In its announcement of the house’s excavation this week, the Pompeii Archaeological Park compared the little domicile to the ...
A new archaeology discovery was made in Pompeii, according to Italian officials. Archaeologists unearthed a rare tiny home while excavating the site of the ancient Italian city. The home was buried ...
The park authorities claimed that the wall art in the dwelling is ... and another portraying the Greek story of the Judgment of Paris. In one image, a satyr - a creature half-man, half-goat ...
He adds that observing the work of archaeologists and restorers helps visitors understand the importance of documenting and safeguarding the surviving traces of Pompeii’s ancient residents.
One scene depicts a close embrace, or symplegma, between a satyr and a nymph ... an achromatic ceramic incense burner with ancient gaps and a lamp , both with evident traces of burning.