The decoration was uncovered in 2024 by a metal detectorist scanning the dirt near Harlow, not far from London. It’s a ...

The Vatican Gardens welcomed a new Marian mosaic and a statue of St. Rose of Lima, both created by young artists from Peru -- ...

Rare fragments of a Roman mosaic are being reunited for the first time since they were unearthed, more than 200 years ago. The mosaics, which included a depiction of Orpheus charming animals and birds ...

The Via Egnatia was an ancient Roman road that ran from the Adriatic Sea to Byzantium, connecting northern ancient Greek ...

A huge Roman mosaic that was uncovered in southern Turkey by archaeologists from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. The well preserved tiles once decorated a bathhouse during the Roman Empire's ...

A Roman mosaic recently discovered in Britain depicts a long-lost version of the Trojan War story that differs from the most famous telling of the saga. The artifact, known as the Ketton Mosaic, shows ...

In the summer of 2020, a British family was taking a walk on its farmland in Rutland, a county in England’s East Midlands, when they came across an unlikely scattering of pottery, tiles, and oyster ...

A newfound mosaic draws inspiration from "Phrygians," a play by the Athenian playwright Aeschylus that survives only in bits and pieces. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

KETTON, ENGLAND—In 2020, a farmer in England's Rutland county notified authorities about the possibility that there was a Roman villa located on his property. A subsequent investigation carried out by ...

A Roman mosaic uncovered in what was the capital of Roman Britain is to go on display for the first time in 1,800 years. It was discovered in the 1980s in Colchester when builders were working on a ...

Ancient Roman flip-flop mosaic from the Villa Romana del Casale, Sicily, Italy (c. 4th century CE) (photo courtesy Isabella Baldini) What could be better in antiquity — and today — than relaxing at ...