The Ancient Graffiti Project, a research team that has included around 70 people over the past several years to locate and study graffiti from the early Roman Empire, has painstakingly documented and ...

In ancient Rome and Greece, graffiti took the form of inscriptions on public buildings ... Artists developed intricate styles, such as "wildstyle," characterized by complex, interlocking letters and ...

Graffiti has ancient origins, with some of the earliest ... usually consisting of two or three colors and involving larger letters that are easier to execute quickly. "Pieces," short for ...

Or, there are short inscriptions written in an ancient version of the Greek alphabet, consisting of names, captions, and messages. The shapes of the letters suggest that the graffiti dates back to ...

Book facts: Recently Deciphered Records from the Mirror Wall at Sigiriya (7th to 13th Centuries) - by Benille Priyanka. Godage International Publishers. Reviewed by Senake Bandaranayake A hardly ...

Graffiti carved on ancient standing stones on the island of Arran is a heritage crime, Historic Environment Scotland has said. Staff from Scotland's heritage agency found the markings at Machrie ...

The New Forest National Park Authority (NPA) said while urban graffiti is seen as a blight, "ancient scribblings are a window into the past". Visitors are being encouraged to record any sightings ...