A massive Roman floor mosaic was just uncovered in a fourth-century C.E. Roman villa in Turkey. The ornate tiles span over 6,400 square feet across the villa's 33 rooms and are inscribed with both ...

Traditionally, Roman society was extremely rigid. By the first century, however, the need for capable men to run Rome’s vast empire was slowly eroding the old social barriers. The social ...

Recently, the mosaic has been at the center of restoration ... offers a fascinating window into the life and art of ancient Rome,” he says, per a translation by All That’s Interesting ...

Rome and Ostia to this day are dotted with remnants of ancient Jewish history: a menorah on the bas-relief of the ...

Archaeologists working at Ostia Antica, an ancient Roman port city, have discovered the oldest Jewish ritual bath outside of ...

Wealthy Romans'villa-farms and town houses had mosaic flooring in important rooms. Two complete mosaics, found during excavations at Magnis in 1912-13, are displayed in the stairwell of the museum.

Notorious alleged abuser Father Marko Rupnik was recently approached by a journalist at a Rome airport who questioned him about accusations he sexually abused over 40 adult women over a span of ...

The Seasons Mosaic was found in Dyer Street, Cirencester in 1849. It dates to the mid 2nd century and is one of the most impressive pavements ever found in Roman Britain. The mosaic depicts the ...

During excavation of the mikvah, the archaeologists also found fragments of plaster and marble, black-and-white mosaics ... rabbi of the Jewish Community of Rome, said in the statement.

This fragment of mosaic formed part of an elaborate tessellated pavement which covered the floor of a two-chambered room in a Roman building at Cherhill, near Calne. The panel shows a hunting dog ...