ROME — Vivid scenes of battlefield decapitations and female prisoners dragged off by their hair, carved into the 1,840-year-old marble Column of Marcus Aurelius towering over central Rome, are being ...

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Strollers along Beirut’s waterfront in the rapidly developing Biel area have been noticing an odd feature of the local landscape: hundreds of apparently ancient columns and capitals, piled piecemeal ...

King Hussein of Jordan gifted two columns and a pillar head to the City of Philadelphia in 1976 to commemorate the United State's bicentennial. Credit: Yosef Robele Three 2,000-year-old pieces of ...

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ROME (AP) — The Colosseum has undergone a significant restoration, utilizing travertine marble to recreate parts of ancient columns that once adorned the structure 2,000 years ago. This project ...

Sometimes characterized as flashy or intimidating, Greek and Roman columns have fallen out of fashion in many areas of the U.S. However, done right, they are far from ancient history, designers say.