The shrine, known as a lararium, is surrounded by well-preserved paintings and murals depicting animals, deities, and more.

High Roman society was steeped in Greek mythology. The wealthy citizens who ... light of oil lamps would create the illusion of the paintings moving, “especially after a few glasses of good ...

colleges of priests paid tribute to these gods on behalf of Rome itself. The objective of Roman worship was to gain the blessing of the gods and thereby gain prosperity for themselves, their ...

Some were even perfumed, in an attempt to transform them into the lifelike embodiments of gods, goddesses ... not how people ...

Stunning Roman frescoes ... shimmering light, the paintings would have almost come to life," Zuchtriegel said. Two pieces dominate the hall; one depicts the Greek god Apollo trying to seduce ...

(Cult images refer to objects that are worshipped for representing gods.) Brøns is fond of a ... of Classics who specializes in Greek and Roman art history and was not involved in the study ...

Featuring gods and emperors alike ... “Myth and Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture from the Torlonia Collection” is on view at the Art Institute of Chicago through June 29.

First transmitted in 1960, Sir Mortimer Wheeler surveys some of the Roman Empire’s most impressive ... sculptural monuments, religious paintings and frescos that artists during this period ...

Carved heads of both male and female Roman gods were found in Papcastle, England, and archaeologists believe a two-foot-tall fertility statue is a local deity from thousands of years ago.

A mysterious bronze hand has been unearthed by archaeologists near Hadrian’s Wall in the North of England. The child-sized hand was discovered in April during an excavation at the site of ...