Among the most breathtaking relics of antiquity are olive objets: Grecian jars, Minoan frescoes, Egyptian bas-reliefs, Roman carved silver vases, Carthaginian mosaics. Motifs show harvesters in ...

Traditionally, Roman society was extremely rigid. By the first century, however, the need for capable men to run Rome’s vast empire was slowly eroding the old social barriers. The social ...

Traveling the world Over the next 30 years, Paul traveled some 10,000 miles across the Roman Empire, preaching in cities that were brimming with the poorest people, desperate to hear a message of ...

The find turned out to be a Roman mosaic depicting scenes from Homer ... 1,800-year-old shard of amphora (a storage jar used for olive oil) has revealed that the text etched into it isn ...

It comes three years after archaeologists from the university discovered a Roman villa beneath a farmer's field in Rutland, which featured a Trojan War mosaic. University of Leicester Large ...

This book gives a comprehensive and fully illustrated history of mosaics in the Greek and Roman world, and studies their development over a thousand years throughout the Roman Empire. Chapters are ...

A Roman mosaic has been discovered buried under a pavement outside a vape shop. The archeological discovery was made in Red Lion Yard in Colchester and the ornate design was originally ...

From public toilets to fast food, discover 28 things the ancient Romans gave us that we bet you've benefitted from and couldn ...

According to church tradition, the monastery marks the spot where Jesus Christ, condemned to death, was scourged by Roman soldiers ... the 12th-century gilded mosaics that flank the upper walls ...

Roman food and the art of Roman mosaics. 8. Roman language and customs. audio8. Roman language and customs The themes include the use of slaves, Roman food and the art of Roman mosaics.

Here, rolling hills of ancient olive groves ... Norman mosaic. Spend a day in Puglia’s most beautiful city, taking in Lecce’s lavishly ornate churches and palazzi. Its Roman amphitheatre ...