The writhing agony of the Trojan Laocoon made this Hellenistic masterpiece famous throughout history.
Location: Vatican Museums
The assemblage of objects in the Regolini-Galassi tomb represents a broad geographic range and an aesthetic that indicates the influence of the ancient Near East.
The Regolini-Galassi tomb and the Parade Fibula
Nothing was more important to a Roman emperor than his image.
Augustus of Primaporta
Find out why Hermes was recast as the Good Shepherd in early Christianity
The Good Shepherd in Early Christianity
This cloth—first woven by a wise spider—sends social messages through a system of specific patterns.
Kente cloth
Even in death, great Roman families were concerned with reinforcing and projecting their status.
Tomb of the Scipios and the sarcophagus ...
Ancient Greek athletes cleaned themselves with oil. This sculpture shows one athlete’s bathing ritual.
Lysippos, Apoxyomenos (Scraper)
With age comes experience, and sculptors in the Roman Republic highlighted seniority—warts and all.
Veristic male portrait
Achilles and Ajax, heroes of the Trojan War, break from battle to play a friendly game that hints at a tragic future.
Exekias, Attic black figure amphora with Ajax ...
Death, memory, and funerary rituals—monumental tombs lined the streets leading into ancient Roman cities.
Roman funeral rituals and social status: The ...
Lighting struck this statue dedicated to the Etruscan god of war, marking it as a particularly sacred object.
Mars of Todi
Spotlight on Christ! Watching this dramatic scene unfold, we become a part of it, as if already inside the tomb.
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