In a discovery hailed as the “first of its kind,” archaeologists in Israel have found a Roman marble sarcophagus which ...

Alexander the Great's Companion cavarly were the elite mounted units of the ancient Macedonian army, entrusted to deliver devesating charges.

The Saqqara Necropolis, the burial ground for the ancient capital city of Memphis located south of Cairo, recently announced ...

Israeli archaeologists have discovered a remarkable 1,700-year-old marble sarcophagus featuring a rare depiction of Greek ...

Israeli archaeologists working at a site outside of Caesarea uncovered an exquisitely carved marble sarcophagus that had been ...

Archaeologists say the marble coffin is the first of its kind found in the region. The story it depicts is more often seen in mosaics ...

The young prostitute Rachel, the recipient of van Gogh’s ear, reminds us of how stigma and social context shape a patient’s ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a 1,700-year-old marble sarcophagus depicting Greek gods Hercules and Dionysus in a drinking ...

In his Survey of London 1589, John Stow wrote about the discovery of pots of Roman gold coins buried in Spitalfields and it had long been understood that ancient tombs once lined the road approaching ...

Archaeologists in Israel have unearthed a Roman-era sarcophagus that depicts Dionysus beating Hercules in a drinking contest.

He was a minor king, yet Tutankhamun’s tomb might have been the most richly stocked of all in ancient Egypt. Now research is ...

A Roman sarcophagus depicting a drinking contest between Hercules and Dionysus was unearthed in Israel’s Caesarea, revealing ...