Students should read all the required texts listed below under General Art and Archaeology. In consultation with their advisor, they will also select three areas for closer study, for each of which ...

For the first time in 2,000 years, a Roman arm guard can be seen in its entirety after a painstaking reconstruction that saw the assembly of dozens of found fragments. The piece of brass armor was ...

Romans are depicted as slashing and burning their way across countries in order to secure their empire. But a University of Michigan archeologist suggests that the Romans may have trapped more flies ...

For the A-list of ancient Rome, the premier getaway destination was the Bay of Naples, a few days’ travel down the Mediterranean coast. The lavishly decorated villas of Pompeii and other spots on the ...

The ‘Kneeling Barbarian’ sculpture from the Palatine Hill in Rome, dates to the first century CE, made of pavonazzo marble and nero antico, in the Naples National Archaeological Museum (image by ...

Our critic Jason Farago shares what you shouldn’t miss in a city crowded with both the seamy and stately. Clockwise from left: Centrale Montemartini museum; Santo Stefano Rotondo; Villa dei ...

While 21st century water companies struggle to maintain clean, fresh supplies, new research from an international team led by Oxford geoarchaeologist Dr. Güel Sürmelihindi, reveals that, some 2,000 ...