A marble sculpture featuring ancient Greek goddess Aphrodite will be offered at a single-lot sale on Dec. 7 at Sotheby's London, with a presale estimate between £2 million and £3 million (US$2.66 ...

If you've held onto old marbles from childhood or stumbled across a dusty jar in the attic, you might be wondering if they're worth anything. Not all old marbles have high value, but certain handmade, ...

Pity the Romans. Their sculpture is often compared unfavorably to that of the Greeks. While the work of their Attic cousins is celebrated for being high-minded and idealistic—all those ripped bodies, ...

On view at Villa Albani Torlonia is "Eros in a chariot pulled by wild boar," a kind of super-pastiche in which only the hindquarters of one boar are ancient, along with the relief on the chariot and ...

JERUSALEM — Moving a 4.7-ton piece of an ancient marble column is never easy. When the piece is from a column that was once part of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, making sure it is transported ...

Archaeologists have uncovered an unusually large marble lion gargoyle belonging to one of Sicily's ancient Greek temples. Only nine other ancient Greek temples in southern Italy and Sicily are known ...

The Submerged Archaeological Park of Baia, located off the coast of Naples, continues to reveal ancient Roman splendors. Archaeological crews working underwater discovered and restored an ancient ...

Moving a 4.7-ton piece of an ancient marble column is never easy. When the piece is from a column that was once part of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, making sure it is transported safely is all ...