Sir Antony Gormley writes about why Adriaen de Vries’s sculpture may look vastly different from his own, 'Reflect', but still ...

As dusk settled over Pompeii, guests strolled into the grand home of one of the city’s wealthiest families for an evening of drinks and delights. Household staff led these privileged Pompeians through ...

An interesting new study has challenged the previous estimations surrounding a beautiful bronze lamp unearthed in a ditch near Cortona, central Italy. Using literary sources and iconographic evidence, ...

Archaeologists have found a large wall painting in Pompeii that portrays scenes from the ancient Dionysian mystery cults that were popular in the classical world. This life-sized frieze, which is ...

This aerial view captures the historic Theater of Dionysus nestled on the southern slope of the Acropolis in Athens. The semicircular arrangement of stone seating unfolds in perfect symmetry around ...

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Israeli archaeologists recently uncovered an ancient sarcophagus depicting a scene familiar to many today: a drinking game. The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced the discovery in a Facebook ...

Even though his works have been lost in time, Lasus is remembered as an innovator and a revolutionary artistic figure. He is believed to be one of the main personalities who transformed the dithyramb, ...

Archeologists uncovered a sarcophagus with inscriptions depicting an epic drinking battle between the Greek god Dionysus and hero Hercules. According to researchers, Dionysus commonly appeared on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After nearly 2,000 years of being covered by volcanic ash, this beautiful fresco gets to see the light of day. It was unveiled at ...