A constroversial giant golden statue of a naked Roman gladiator dubbed 'Golden Balls' by locals has returned to a town three years after the local council banned it. The 30ft (9m) figure of an ancient ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: This story is a collaboration with Biography.com. Recovering stolen artifacts isn’t easy work. There’s research involved, legal red tape to contend ...

As Christianity rose to prominence in the late Roman Empire, some believers targeted statues of Greek and Roman gods for destruction or defacement. Rather than random vandalism, many of these acts ...

Once thought an athlete, this Roman statuette may depict a female gladiator in combat pose. Curators long believed this Roman statuette showed a female athlete. But high-resolution imaging reveals ...

The tradition of depicting emperors on horseback as a symbol of leadership was common in ancient Rome. But only one equestrian statue of a pagan Roman emperor has survived into the present: the larger ...