There is a place for bare bones hotel rooms — just not on this list. These six accommodations are a feast for the eyes, with ornate woodworking, dramatic draperies, lavish wallpaper, gilded frames and ...

with red-and-gold brocade-covered banquettes, comfortable leather chairs, parquet floors and an ornate mirrored back bar.

“Hidden Wright of Derby” (2023), from “Portrait of Dorothy Beridge, née Gladwin” (1777) by Joseph Wright of Derby Hermes expands upon the ornate silk gowns, brocade ... Empress of the Holy Roman ...

The house was, in fact, a set designed by Robin Standefer and Stephen Alesch of Roman and Williams ... combined with luxurious textures such as velvet, lace, and brocade,” Heinäsuo explains. “The ...

From the signature La Panthère and the inimitable Tank Chinoise to the diamond-encrusted Zelda—the maison unveiled a ...

Roman Polanski settled a lawsuit over an alleged sexual assault of a minor more than 50 years ago. The Oscar-winning director no longer faces a 10-day trial in the U.S. after reaching a settlement ...

The material, light tan and granular, had been a critical component of the Roman Empire, he said: the precursor to concrete, a mainstay of Roman infrastructure, including the aqueducts that ...

Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a Roman military structure in Turkey dating to the fourth century, when Emperor Constantius II ruled. Archaeologists have unearthed a fourth-century ...

So let’s explore what the ancient Greeks and Romans can teach us about nature and our place in the world. The ancient Roman writer Pliny the Elder, who lived in the first century AD, was ...

Here's what the ancient Greeks and Romans can teach us about the environment and ourselves. From Roman soldiers in crowded camps to emperors cleaning up rivers, there are many lessons to be learned.