Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. Roman numerals are a numeral system which was used in Ancient Rome. It uses letters instead of numbers to represent ...

Lions, tigers, and bears. These, among many other exotic animals, are the beasts with which gladiators did battle in amphitheaters across the Roman empire. It’s a spectacle that has long ...

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This spring, it’s Paris calling. The French capital’s recent art history is the subject of two monumental surveys—one at the Centre Pompidou, the other at the Singaporean National Gallery of Art—that ...

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A 19th century painting which was reported missing at the end of 2015 has been returned to the presidential palace.

Obverse: Shield flanked by laurel branches with the motto “IN GOD WE TRUST”—the first coin to feature this inscription. Reverse: Wreath encircling the denomination “2 CENTS”, surrounded by “UNITED ...

Explore art works, paint-smeared palettes, scribbled letters and more... Artists and architects have run the RA for 250 years. Our Collection is a record of them.