Phillis Wheatley came to America on a slave ship, but soon became its first African-American poet with knowledge of Latin ans ...

The artifact is among an array of 499 items scheduled to be auctioned on January 25 by the Apollo Art Auctions company, including fine antiquities, marbles, seals and jewelry from the Egyptian, Roman, ...

Starting price at £10,000, this limestone false door offers a glimpse into ancient Egyptian beliefs about the afterlife. False doors symbolised a transition between the world of the living and ...

Highway workers found an ancient Roman cemetery, including a grave filled with a curious substance, during a recent highway construction project in England. The announcement was made last week by ...

The coins include depictions of nine Roman emperors who ruled between 364 ... because it is extremely rare to be able to study in its entirety an ancient monetary deposit in its archaeological ...

Related: Ancient lead pollution may have lowered IQs across the Roman Empire. ] The coins are said to be in excellent conditions and have an estimated value of roughly $322,000 (308,600 Euros).

UNDATED (WKRC) - An Olympic gold metal from over 120 years ago will go up for auction with its original ribbon and clasp. An Olympic gold metal from 1904 will soon go to auction. The medal was ...

Languages: English, Spanish A "beautifully carved" ancient Roman stone coffin weighing more than 1,600 pounds has been unearthed during road upgrade works in the United Kingdom. The coffin was ...

Once a critical command post for Roman ... ancient villas where emperors and senators holidayed 2,000 years ago. It has been listed for sale for an undisclosed price by Sotheby’s, the global ...

But Italy’s capital is so much more than its awe-inspiring Renaissance buildings and ancient ruins—with a population of over four million, Rome is a fast-paced city on par with cosmopolitan ...