that stayed affixed on the sculpture for centuries. That is, until 1957, when the Vatican Museums unearthed from its storage a marble artifact that had been presented to the collection decades before.

The Vatican may have been home to a series of 16 erotic frescos that were quickly turned into a booklet with accompanying ...

The Vatican has entered the digital realm, having launched a new Minecraft-based game that lets kids explore St. Peter’s ...

The Vatican Museums are one of Rome's top sights-on par ... After a couple of hours of shuffling past ancient statues and Renaissance paintings, I started to wonder if I was ever going to make ...

Here’s a look at the Vatican, also known as the Holy See, the spiritual and governing center of the Roman Catholic Church. Facts The full name of the country is State of Vatican City. It stands on ...

Masonry, sculpture, painting and mosaic work continued ... The Palace of Sixtus V is the pope’s residence. The Vatican museums, archive, library, gardens and other offices make up the remainder ...

VATICAN CITY (AP ... The Hearst Foundations has awarded the Seattle Art Museum with a grant.

Those efforts appear to have been rewarded. In December, Trump selected Burch to be the next U.S. ambassador to the Holy See; the nomination was formally sent to the U.S. Senate March 11 for ...

LOUIS – One of St. Louis’ most well-known and favorite spots to visit is the City Museum. But something ... visiting Michelangelo’s centuries-old sculpture La Pietà on May 21.

LOST AND FOUND RENAISSANCE PAINTING. Researchers in Pompeii have revealed that a painting initially thought to be a copy, hanging in a local church, is in fact an original work th ...