It features 622 sculptures, including sarcophagi, statues of deities and marble busts of Roman emperors ... for example, coming face-to-face with Marcus Aurelius, who was popularized by the ...

A viral social media trend last year suggested the Roman Empire ... and on the face of the statue you can see traces of a beard," Salvatore Settis, an archaeologist and art historian who worked ...

Female members of the imperial family, the wives, daughters - and particularly - mothers of Roman emperors are some of ... One particular challenge we face is explaining the striking mismatch ...