During 19th-century excavations at Pompeii, the ancient Roman city that was buried in volcanic ash in 79 C.E. after the […] ...

Now, researchers are conducting a long, intensive analysis Sonja Anderson Daily Correspondent A famous Roman mosaic depicting Alexander the Great is revealing new insights into antiquity.

An iconic Alexander the Great mosaic found at Pompeii got its roughly ... and well-known representation of his face in ancient art," they noted. As for the origins of the tesserae, the scientists ...

In 333 BCE, near the small Pinarus River along the modern-day borders of Turkey and Syria, a fierce battle took place between the forces of Alexander the Great and ... Greek art as part of elite ...