Classical Antiquity

Hadrian's Wall, a Roman-era fortification spanning the width of northern England, was lit up from end-to-end by volunteers carrying flaming torches Saturday.

Hadrian's Wall, a Roman-era fortification spanning the width of northern England, was lit up from end-to-end by volunteers carrying flaming torches Saturday.

250 coins dating back to Alexander the Great's time found in Syria. More than 250 silver coins dating back to the time of Alexander the Great were unearthed in northern Syria, a Syrian archaeologist said Thursday.

2 arrested in Greece for trying to sell valuable sculptures for several million euros. Greek police arrested two men trying to sell several artifacts, including a bronze sculpture of emperor Alexander the Great from the 4th century B.C., for which the asking price was euro7 million ($9.5 million), authorities said Sunday.

Almost 10,000 people shimmied, strutted and strode through the ages on Saturday as Sydney celebrated its 32nd gay and lesbian Mardi Gras parade.

CAMBRIDGE (Reuters Life!) - Dionysian excess, righteous indignation turned to ridicule and the luxurious artifacts of ancient Greece and Rome are back on show after a makeover at Cambridge University's Fitzwilliam Museum.

Translation is an art form worthy of academic criticism, Donald S. Carne-Ross argued in literary essays, but as a reader he preferred a writer's own words, even if they were written in ancient Greek. ``To get really close to a poem is possible only if one is reading it in the original,'' he wrote in the preface to his 1985 book, ``Pindar.'' Such intimacy is possible for multilingual scholars such as Mr. Carne-Ross, who could read in Latin, Greek, Italian, and French. For those fluent only in English, however, translation opens the door, and he wrote exacting critiques of how effectively different writers coaxed poetry from one language to another. A professor emeritus at Boston University, where he taught in the classical studies department for about three decades, Mr. Carne-Ross died Jan. 9 in the Newton and Wellesley Alzheimer Center in Wellesley of complications from Alzheimer's disease. He was 88 and had lived in Byfield for many years. ``He was an absolutely brilliant classicist a

Italy court orders contested ancient bronze statue bought by Getty museum confiscated. An Italian court on Thursday ordered an important ancient Greek statue bought by the J. Paul Getty Museum seized so it can be returned to Italy, officials said.

Experts find source of ancient Roman aqueduct built by emperor Trajan. Experts have located the source of an ancient aqueduct built by Emperor Trajan nearly 2,000 years ago to supply Rome.

New head of Serbia Orthodox Church urges dialogue to bridge divisions with Roman Catholics. The new head of the Serbian Orthodox Church on Thursday urged dialogue to overcome long-standing divisions with Roman Catholics.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Organizers of the "Antiquities Theft in Israel" exhibition could not have chosen a more fitting name for their display.

Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed the remains of an ancient Greek temple dedicated to Egyptian cat goddess Bastet in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, the antiquities department said Tuesday.

Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed the remains of an ancient Greek temple dedicated to Egyptian cat goddess Bastet in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, the antiquities department said Tuesday.

Istanbul on Saturday launched a year of art events as it became one of three Cultural Capitals of Europe for 2010, feting the occasion with concerts, street shows and firework displays.

Istanbul on Saturday launched a year of art events as it becomes one of three Cultural Capitals of Europe for 2010, feting the event with concerts, street shows and firework displays.

Report: Getty adviser was concerned that ancient Greek statue was looted from Italy. An adviser to billionaire J. Paul Getty had concerns about whether an ancient bronze statue destined for Getty's world-famous museum had been properly removed from Italy, it was reported Thursday.

Just in Time for Christmas: First Jesus-era house discovered in Nazareth. Just in time for Christmas, archaeologists on Monday unveiled what may have been the home of one of Jesus' childhood neighbors. The humble dwelling is the first dating to the era of Jesus to be discovered in Nazareth, then a hamlet of around 50 impoverished Jewish families where Jesus spent his boyhood.

Major Athens exhibition on love in antiquity pairs sacred and mundane. When it came to endearments, Philonides wasn't a man of subtlety.

Italian archaeologists unveil ancient luxury complex built for Rome's rich and powerful. Italian officials unveiled new discoveries Thursday in an ancient Roman luxury complex filled with priceless mosaics, elegant porticos and thermal baths.

ROME (Reuters) - Environmentalists unveiled an ice statue of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in the ancient Roman Forum on Thursday, timed to melt away on December 7 as the U.N. climate change summit begins in Copenhagen.