The Imago Mundi, the oldest known world map, offers a rare ... This mirrored how many ancient cultures perceived their own ...

The crumbling yet still magnificent Ancient ... Rome. A great meeting place for Romans and visitors alike, the Spanish Steps are an excellent place to simply kick back, relax and watch the world ...

Among the items are sandals, pottery and Britain's largest collection of Roman writing tablets, bearing IOU notes and gossip ...

But what materials did ancient Roman artists use to create these masterpieces? That question, and the roughly 200 pots of unused paints found around Pompeii, recently caught the attention of a team of ...

For of the 21 ancient obelisks still standing, Egypt itself can claim fewer than five. Rome boasts 13 ... Click on the labeled map below to view and review the world's 12 mightiest standing ...

Brilliant British classicist Beard, author of SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome, The Roman Triumph, and many other works in ancient history, gives us not a reign-by-reign look at the history of the ...