Ancient Roman mosaics featuring dolphins and wine vessels uncovered in Thalheim, Austria, reveal stunning details of ancient ...

Ancient Greeks used a primitive type of lifting machine to move heavy stones before they began using cranes 2,500 years ago.

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Duncan Stroik, a leading figure of the traditional sacred architecture revival in the U.S., leans over his firm’s latest ...

While the Capitol building is an example of neoclassical architecture, the style pulls from both Federal and Greek Revival influences. The symmetrical, Roman-inspired architecture makes a grand ...

This week, residents of Spain ’s Canary Islands have taken to the streets to protest against mass tourism. Tens of thousands have gathered on the seven main islands of Tenerife, Gran Canaria, ...

On the ceiling of the chapel where the cardinals elected Pope Leo XIV is Michelangelo’s kaleidoscopic signifier of a time when Francis’s vision of an inclusive church would have seemed not radical at ...

This has enabled experts to notice the influence of classical Greek and Roman architecture on the buildings’ design. Among the carvings are depictions of sphinxes, eagles and griffins ...

Elements of Greek and Roman architecture were supposed to root the Reich’s power in a sense of ancient grandeur, just as the use of Nordic runes in written communications acted as a reminder of ...

Hyderabad was no exception. The Mukhi Mahal was built in the neoclassical style, which means it heavily relied on ancient Greek and Roman architecture for inspiration. It also took aesthetic and ...

Ancient Greek sculpture has fascinated the art ... Ranging from film to visual art and architecture, ancient Greco-Roman ...

For example, as Thill explains, ancient Greek and Roman architecture would have been “garishly colored with red, blue and gold” — not the white seen around the U.S. capital, Thill said.