President Theodore Roosevelt was inspired by the artistic merit of ancient coins and sought to change the look of American coinage. In 1905 he asked famous sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens to create ...
Glass blowing developed around 1st century BCE in Palestine. Although the art of stained glass did not reach its height until Europe's Gothic Era, we find written descriptions of it dating as far back ...
Credit: Parco Archeologico e Paesaggistico della Valle dei Templi In the heart of the ancient city of Akragas, today known as Agrigento, an extraordinary archaeological discovery has been made, ...