Joining Kate today is the one, the only Mary Beard, to take us back to Ancient Rome and help separate the facts from the ...

The mythology that explains the scene varies ... when small pieces of the same type of glass were discovered in ancient Roman ruins and analyzed. The particles in the Lycurgus cup are thought ...

All readings may be done in English. Note that the list assumes that you will devote most of your effort to literary sources. If you wish to devote substantial time to art and archaeology as sources ...

As a result, Roman gods were a blend of deities, with close similarities to the gods worshipped by the ancient Greeks ... paralleled the gods of Greek mythology. Although they kept Latin names ...

The statue, now known as the Halsted Athena, portrays the goddess wearing a warrior’s helmet, her hand extended outward as if ...

Understanding ancient mythology is essential to truly comprehending ... transformations and tragedies of ancient Greece, Rome ...

Students study Classical languages and literatures in addition to art history and archaeology; economic, political, social and intellectual history; and philosophy, religion and myth. Ancient Greek ...

“Myth and Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture from the Torlonia Collection” will touch down at the Art Institute of Chicago in May, then open at Fort Worth’s Kimbell Art Museum in Septembe ...

The Kimbell Art Museum will host its first exhibition of ancient Roman sculpture in its 52-year history. And the exhibit is a really big catch. “Myth and Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture from the ...