And, he was still wearing a wedding ring. The ring was inscribed with his wedding date — Dec. 25, 1908 — and the body was ...

And in room 108 stands a 1,900-year-old statue of Hercules, a real alpha-male figure that reputedly inspired Getty to built the museum in the design of a Roman villa. Upstairs, room 217 holds an ...

Archaeologists in the Neckargartach district of Heilbronn, Germany, have uncovered a 500-meter stretch of an ancient Roman road, along with an ... from wood or stone—have survived. The layout and ...

The octagonal cold plunge bath at Dewlish, Dorset. The excavation of the Dewlish Roman villa was the first major field excavation project of Weymouth College of Education. The excavation and fieldwork ...

The Getty Villa activated its emergency operations center at 10:40 a.m. Tuesday, and within two hours, the fast-moving blaze ...

As you wander, you’ll observe 4,000 years of ancient culture. The Villa itself is designed as a recreation of an ancient Roman country house. The Getty Villa is described as “a one-of-a-kind ...

The Getty Villa opened in 1974 by Billionaire oilman J. Paul Getty, according to the nonprofit Los Angeles Conservancy. The art patron modeled the site off a Roman country house buried by the ...

Bathing and communal gatherings were essential aspects of Ancient Roman culture and society, contributing not only to health but also to social status. Archaeologists noted that the baths are located ...

A tour of a Roman villa. videoA tour of a Roman villa A short, humorous dramatised video that sees a wealthy Roman, Romola, take a merchant on a tour of her villa.

The villa, which was modeled after an ancient Roman country house, was built to house Getty's "vast collection" of Classical and Renaissance-era art, the Los Angeles Conservancy said. The villa ...