But, in reality, ancient Greeks and Romans embraced bold colors, which archaeologists call “polychromy.” Brightly hued paints ...

Thousands of years ago, Greco-Roman statues offered viewers a multi-dimensional experience that also called to our olfactory ...

For centuries, the stark white marble statues of ancient Greece and Rome have stood as timeless symbols of classical beauty.

A recent study published in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology by Cecilie Brøns revealed that ancient ... decoration were ...

Excavations at a necropolis outside of Liternum, near modern-day Naples, have found two ornate funerary enclosures.

Contemporary writings on art, including a book by Roman author Pliny the Elder, mention the fact that sculptures in ancient Greece were painted and not left with the white marble exposed.

Unused paints are generally rare finds for archaeologists — but not at Pompeii. Take a look at “almost the entire palette of an ancient painter.” ...

This is a mosaic, which is a decoration made of lots of little coloured tiles. We find many mosaics on the floors of ancient Roman buildings. They often show scenes from well-known stories ...

While researchers haven’t yet dated the tomb, Şıldak says that its decorations ... Archaeology, ancient rock tombs found in Şanlıurfa usually date to the late Hittite and Roman periods.

Cecilie Brøns, a senior researcher and curator of the Glyptoteket museum's collection of ancient Greek and Roman art in ...