A female bust, dated at the end of the 4th century BC is one of the highlights of the Archaeological Museum of Amphipolis in ...

Roman sculptors specialized in ultra-realistic, warts-and-all portrait busts. While Roman sculptors famously copied idealized Greek originals and dramatic scenes of myths, they specialized in ...

In ancient Greece and Rome, statues not only looked beautiful—they smelled good, too. That’s the conclusion of a new study published this month in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology. Cecilie Brøns, who ...

Researchers have known for many years that there was more to ancient Greek and Roman statues than the plain white marble you typically see in museums. A few years ago, museum visitors in New York City ...

Buried and unseen for nearly 2,000 years, a series of striking paintings showing Helen of Troy and other Greek heroes has been uncovered in the ruined Roman town of Pompeii. Discovered inside what ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

The senses are not created equal when it comes to aesthetics. Much of our aesthetic engagement is visual or auditory. In the museum, in the theatre, at concerts, we use our eyes and ears. And while ...