Archaeologists in southern Turkey have uncovered five new theatrical mask reliefs from the ancient city of Castabala — once called Hieropolis during its Hellenistic period, or “sacred city.” The find ...

Five theatrical masks discovered at an ancient Turkish site are dated to the time of the Roman Empire. The masks were found alongside a 5,000-seat theater built by the Romans in the first century C.E.

Archaeologists working inside a buried bedroom at Pompeii have uncovered frescoes depicting a peahen and theatrical masks, adding new evidence of the artistic sophistication that filled private Roman ...

CHICAGO — Some 2,000 years ago, elite Roman families stuffed their closets with wax masks made in the likeness of their male ancestors so that during funeral processions actors could fill in for the ...