The art collections at these hotels rival the world’s best museums

Enjoy Picasso over morning coffee, Dali over dinner, or take a garden stroll past a Henry Moore sculpture in one of these ...

The art at these hotels rivals the world’s best museums

Enjoy Picasso over morning coffee, Dali over dinner, or take a garden stroll past a Henry Moore sculpture in one of these ...

All roads in ancient Rome stretched far longer than previously known, study shows

Advances in technology and other newly accessible sources have greatly expanded researchers’ ability to locate ancient roadways.

The Parthenon in Athens briefly shed its scaffolding. Here’s a look at its restoration

It was a rare sight on Athens’ skyline, and it didn’t last long: The Parthenon was without scaffolding for the first time in ...

Why do gods in Hindu religion have plump bodies, unlike Greek sculptures? Reddit post starts discussion

Critics note a shift in the depiction of Hindu gods towards muscular bodies, influenced by Western ideals. Traditionally, ...

Impressive new visualization tool is the ‘Google Maps’ for Ancient Rome, according to researchers

The digital tool, called Itiner-e, allows people to virtually see a map of how the ancient Roman roads were once traveled in ...
Chestertown Spy

Looking at the Masters: St Martin’s Day and Martinmas

The Feast of St Martin, or Martinmas, is celebrated on November 11. El Greco’s painting “St Martin and the Beggar” (1597-99) ...
Ancient Origins

Fantastic New Digital Map Adds 100,000 km to Roman Road Network

At its zenith in the second century AD, the Roman Empire encompassed more than 55 million inhabitants stretching from Britain to Egypt and Syria. While historians have long recognized that an ...
ScienceAlert on MSN

Massive New Map Reveals 300,000 Km of Ancient Roman Roads

It turns out that not all roads lead to Rome, after all – at least, not in a literal sense. A new map of the empire's ancient ...
La Brújula Verde

Themison of Laodicea, the Greek physician who survived a rabies infection and whose disciples attended the first Roman emperors

Recently, in the article dedicated to posca, the sour, watered-down wine favored by lower-class Romans, we mentioned that ...
Greek Reporter

Did Greek Art Inspire China’s Terracotta Army?

The “Greekness” of the Terracotta Army went viral, but archaeologists in China were skeptical of the influence of Greek art.
Cyprus Mail

Funerary art to be highlighted at Episkopi presentation

Funerary art in ancient Hellenistic and Roman Paphos takes centre stage on Saturday, when it will be presented to an audience ...