An eavesdropped conversation in a bookstore several years ago led to the recent recovery of a first-century A.D. Roman mosaic that had been missing for over 70 years. Close-up view of a long-lost ...

A 2,000-year-old Roman artifact has been recovered after being used as a coffee table in a Manhattan apartment for nearly 50 years. The priceless Roman mosaic dates back to the time of emperor ...

A looted mosaic that once decorated a ship of the Roman Emperor Caligula and ended up as a coffee table in New York City finally returned home Thursday, as details emerged about the lucky break in the ...

New York art dealer Helen Fioratti unknowingly used an ancient Roman mosaic as a coffee table. Italian stone expert Dario Del Bufalo said Fioratti spotted the mosaic in his book and said she owned it.