Ancient Roman Man Hidden Beneath Famous Painting at the Louvre

Apr. 10, 2013 — In the latest achievement in efforts to see what may lie underneath the surface of great works of art, scientists have described the first use of an imaging technology like that used in airport whole-body security scanners to detect the face of an ancient Roman man hidden below the surface of a wall painting in the Louvre Museum in Paris.

Albanian frescoes sustain irreversible damage

Article created on Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Important medieval frescoes of St. Premte Chapel in the remote village of Valsh in central Albania, have suffered irreparable damage at the hands of thieves who tried to prize them from the walls.

Colosseum Cleaning Yields Ancient Art Discoveries Including Old Frescos, Graffiti

NICOLE WINFIELD   01/18/13 12:02 PM ET EST

ROME — A long-delayed restoration of the Colosseum's only intact internal passageway has yielded ancient traces of red, black, green and blue frescoes – as well as graffiti and drawings of phallic symbols – indicating that the arena where gladiators fought was far more colorful than previously thought.

Chemical analysis of pottery reveals first dairying in Saharan Africa in the fifth millennium BC

June 20, 2012

The first unequivocal evidence that humans in prehistoric Saharan Africa used cattle for their milk nearly 7,000 years ago is described in research by an international team of scientists, led by the University of Bristol, UK, published today in Nature.

War was central to Minoan civilization

Research from the University of Sheffield has discovered that the ancient civilisation of Crete, known as Minoan, had strong martial traditions, contradicting the commonly held view of Minoans as a peace-loving people.

Remains Of Minoan-Style Painting Discovered During Excavations Of Canaanite Palace

Dec. 7, 2009 — Tel Kabri is the only site in Israel where wall paintings similar in style to those found in the Aegean 3,600 years ago have been found; researchers say this was a conscious decision made by the city rulers to lean toward Mediterranean culture.