An eavesdropped conversation in a bookstore several years ago led to the recent recovery of a first-century A.D. Roman mosaic that had been missing for over 70 years. Close-up view of a long-lost ...

A New York City couple unknowingly used a mosaic commissioned by Caligula as a coffee table for 45 years. The mosaic had disappeared from Italy in 1944 when the Nazis withdrew from the country. The ...

The Roman Empire may have fallen some 1,500 years ago, but the memory of the global kingdom is still alive and well today. A priceless Roman mosaic that dates to the Emperor Caligula — nearly 2,000 ...

While visiting Italy in the 1960s, antiquities dealer Helen Fioratti and her Italian journalist husband acquired a souvenir: a red-and-green inlaid marble mosaic, which the couple purchased from ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEMI, Italy (AP) — A looted mosaic that once ...

A looted mosaic that once decorated a ship of the Roman Emperor Caligula and ended up as a coffee table in New York City finally returned home Thursday, as details emerged about the lucky break in the ...

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US A 2,000-year-old Roman artifact has been ...

When stains had to be cleaned from a mosaic that once decorated a lavish pleasure vessel from the first century, they were not remnants from the debauched revelries that the murderous and sex-crazed ...

Nemi: A looted mosaic that once decorated Roman emperor Caligula’s ship and ended up as a coffee table in New York City finally returned home Thursday, as details emerged about the lucky break in the ...

A looted mosaic that once decorated a ship of the Roman Emperor Caligula and ended up as a coffee table in New York City finally returned home Thursday, as details emerged about the lucky break in the ...

A looted mosaic that once decorated a ship of the Roman Emperor Caligula and ended up as a coffee table in New York City finally returned home Thursday, as details emerged about the lucky break in the ...