Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A man stands by the area where thieves pried off a chunk of an ancient fresco of the Greek goddess Artemis from the walls of ...

A 13th-century fresco rediscovered in Ferrara, Italy, provides unique evidence of medieval churches using Islamic tents to conceal their high altars. The 700-year-old fresco is thought to be the only ...

A well-preserved fresco depicting the tale of Phrixus and Helle was recently uncovered during excavations in Pompeii. (all images courtesy the Archaeological Park of Pompeii) Archaeologists in Italy ...

It could be a scene from the "Da Vinci Code:" A high-tech art sleuth finds a hollow space behind an Italian palazzo’s murals, and believes he may have discovered a Da Vinci masterpiece not seen since ...

ROME (AP) — Thieves have pried off a chunk of an ancient fresco of the Greek goddess Artemis from the walls of Pompeii. Pompeii’s archaeological authorities said Tuesday the theft occurred on March 12 ...

ROME - Thieves have pried off a chunk of an ancient fresco of the Greek goddess Artemis from the walls of Pompeii. The thieves used a metal object to scrape off the upper corner of the fresco, making ...