Of Poets and PestsThe story goes that Virgil had a pet housefly, and when the insect died, Virgil spent 800,000 sesterces—nearly all of his net worth—for an extravagant funeral. Celebrities swarmed ...

Tate Britain is set to return a 17th Century painting to the family of a Jewish Belgian art collector, after it was taken ...

Much like similar derogatory titles “siren” and “fury”, the term “harpy” is derived from a group of monstrous female figures ...

Fifty years after the Fall of Saigon, the Vietnamese American community is reflecting on its resilience in Washington state ...

Efforts are ongoing to restore Nazi-looted art, bringing closure to affected families. Recently, Tate Gallery in London is set to return 'Aeneas and His Family Fleeing Burning Troy' to Samuel ...

Pizza: light of our lives, food divine, perfection in a slice. It is said in Virgil’s Aeneid, that Aneas—exiled from his home ...

The first hundred meters have been completed. There are 700 left to emerge at Fuorigrotta and fully reopen the Crypta ...

Looted by the Nazis during World War II and lost for decades, a 17th-century masterpiece is finally returning to its rightful heirs.

Italian officials including Culture Minister Alessandro Giuli and director if Italian museums Massimo Osanna on Thursday ...