Greece’s conservative government has nominated Parliament Speaker Constantine Tassoulas, a leading advocate for the return of ...

The statue, now known as the Halsted Athena, portrays the goddess wearing a warrior’s helmet, her hand extended outward as if ...

A mix of ancient divinities, Aphrodite was patron over love, beauty, fertility, and war. But the venerated Greek deity has a ...

A 2,300-year-old marble statuette discovered in Alexandria, Egypt, has offered new insights into how dwarves were perceived during the Ptolemaic period (332–150 B.C.). Depicting a muscular, nude dwarf ...

This marble statuette is emblematic of Ptolemaic-era art: a mishmash of styles with a decidedly Egyptian twist.

Europe is a place for art lovers. Whether you are drawn toward modern and contemporary art or prefer classical styles mo ...

Atop Cividade Hill in northern Portugal, the ancient city of Bracasa Augusta lays in ruin. Today, the site belongs to the ...

In the ancient ... as crowned women, selecting patron goddesses. (36, 37) “The object under the left arm, a serpent entwined around a rod, a significant attribute of the Greek goddess Hygeia ...

His mythology is littered with sordid tales of seducing other goddesses or mortal women, all to the knowledge and chagrin ... giving new meaning to his status in ancient Greek religion as the father ...

Two thieves donned diving gear to pilfer hundreds of ancient Greek and ... coins and statues. Ministry of Interior of Egypt The items date back to Greek and Roman times between 2,500 and 1,600 ...

Bronze statues of snakes and a priest found in Italy’s healing spring Organic remains like eggs and plants reveal ancient rituals Artefacts date back to Etruscan and Roman use of the sacred site ...

As far as the ancient sources are concerned ... One of the styles she wore combined Greek and Egyptian aesthetic sensibilities and is seen depicted on sculptures of other Ptolemaic queens. This style ...