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 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 ...

The utility of an antique coffee table in a Manhattan apartment took a sudden, historic turn when New York prosecutors swung by to pick it up. No, they hadn’t seen it on Craiglist, thinking, “Wow, ...