La Sapienza Leads the World in Classics for the Sixth Year

The University of Rome La Sapienza maintains its first place worldwide in Classics & Ancient History for the sixth ...
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Raphael died before 40. His Met retrospective asks: What if he'd lived?

Though best known for a painting of two bored cherubs, he was the most enterprising, diligent, and proficient painter of the ...
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Sting Operation Busts Bulgarian Gang Trafficking 4,600 Stolen Ancient Artifacts

Had the smugglers not been caught, they would have made millions of euros selling the stolen artifacts in the London art ...
The Press Democrat

Rome’s Colosseum gets a fresh look that recreates the footprints of long-gone columns

The Colosseum has a bright new look following a restoration using the same travertine marble of ancient Rome to recreate ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Archaeologists Unearth More Than 40,000 Pieces of Pottery That Ancient Egyptians Used Like Scrap Paper

The ostraca, some dating back to the time just before Cleopatra, were discovered within the ancient ruins of Athribus ...
Gothamist

Raphael finally visits the Met — after a very long wait

This is not only a truly major exhibition, but quite honestly, it's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see Raphael in that way in the United States,” Metropolitan Museum of Art Director Max Hollein ...