An ancient Roman sarcophagus found in Israel, featuring the Greek god Dionysus and Hercules, looks like a scene straight out ...

This is the first time we are finding the scene of the wine contest between the god Dionysus and Hercules on a sarcophagus in ...

Newly-uncovered 1,700-year-old marble sarcophagus bears mythological scene of Dionysus and Heracles in a drinking contest.

With a deep love for Greco-Roman mythology and an innate knack for storytelling, Luke Edward Hall’s imaginative aesthetic has ...

In this city of endless museums and galleries, here are some sequestered collections filled with rarities.

Artist and longtime Newtown resident Patricia Barkman invites readers to her art show and sale, Saturday, June 7, from 2 to 4 ...

Photograph by DAGLI ORTI/ART ARCHIVE At age 14 ... During Elagabalus’s reign, it was assimilated with the Roman god Sol Invictus. On coins, the stone figure is adorned with crowns and garlands ...

ROME — The Roman basilica of the Augustinians — Pope Leo XIV’s religious order — preserves an iconic painting of the Virgin Mary by Caravaggio, the blockbuster artist who revolutionized the use of ...

Beyond the excitement of Angelina Jolie being cast to portray Cleopatra, famously known as the "Last Pharaoh of Egypt," anticipation builds around this timeless ...

If you’re a Londoner craving an art-drenched city break that’s equal parts stylish and soul-stirring, allow me to introduce you to your next destination: Rome.

Pope Leo XIV addressed Rome’s mayor minutes before making his way to the Basilica of St. John Lateran to take possession of his chair as bishop of Rome.

A powerful symbol. With their soft, ethereal tones, the harp, lyre and zither have long held a place in the collective ...