Hidden, art-filled cloister in the center of Rome reveals a tumultuous past

ROME (AP) — A hidden cloister just a few steps from Rome’s Pantheon is a peaceful place for silent meditation — if the millions of tourists who trudge past even know it’s there. Behind the large ...
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Insights into Life, Death, and Social Hierarchies in Ancient Rome Through Funerary Monuments, Mausoleums, and Stone Ste

Explore the world of Roman tombs, from simple stelae to grand mausoleums, revealing how ordinary Romans—soldiers, freedmen, women, and children—were commemorated. Discover the variations in tomb ...

2,000-year-old artifact may be evidence that Romans found New World — a thousand years before Columbus

The discovery of a 2,000-year-old Roman artifact in Mexico could upend our understanding of the New World, raising the possibility that Italians arrived in the Americas long before Christopher ...

A hidden cloister in the center of Rome has a turbulent past etched on its walls

A quiet cloister behind a wooden door near Rome’s Pantheon offers calm meditation, while its frescoes reveal a turbulent past ...
Greek Reporter

Kylix: The Ancient Greek Drinking Cup That Separated Peasants from Aristocrats

The kylix drinking cup in ancient Greek symposiums revealed who was an aristocrat and who didn’t belong to the elite circle.

Where did the ancient Greeks and Romans think lightning came from? Hint: not just the gods

In the mythology of ancient Greece and Rome, thunder and lightning strikes were the prime weapon of Zeus (the king of the gods, known to the Romans as Jupiter). Reminders of his power and wrath via ...
Smithsonian Magazine

The Brilliant Blue Paint Covering This Lavish Room in Ancient Pompeii May Have Cost More Than Half the Annual Salary of a Roman Foot Soldier

Researchers have estimated how much the home's owners may have paid to paint the small sacrarium, calculating the price of the Egyptian blue pigment and the hours of labor required to prepare it ...