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The renowned Italian manufacturer of luxury mosaic tiles will open on 130 Madison Avenue on May 17 during NYCxDesign.
The role of animals in gladiator battles, he says, is well-documented. An ancient Roman mosaic depicting a scene of an execution known in Latin as 'damnatio ad bestias' which translates to ...
Yorkshire Wildlife Trust and art-science-climate organisation Invisible Dust has unveiled the final public artwork for Wild ...
A gruesome new discovery provides the first skeletal proof of humans being attacked by big cats in Roman gladiatorial ...
A forensic artist has recreated the face of the Roman gladiator who was mauled by a lion in York. Last week, scientists ...
In Rome's Colosseum and other amphitheatres in ... While there are depictions of these contests in ancient mosaics and texts, actual forensic evidence has been elusive, until now.
A skeleton recovered from a Roman-era cemetery in England may mark the first physical evidence of combat between gladiators ...
Prior to the construction of two apartment buildings in Switzerland, archaeologists surveyed the ground for anything historically significant buried below. With the multi-family residences being built ...
The head of the basilica that is housing Pope Francis's tomb says it reflects his "humble, simple and essential" life.
A Roman-style mosaic has been unveiled at a sea life viewing station on the Scarborough coast. The artwork, by Turner Prize ...