Oscar Wilde's "The Picture of Dorian Gray" is one of the most fascinating stories with roots in ancient Greek mythology.

The remains of ancient bronze statues, including sculpted snakes up to 35 inches long, have been found within a hot spring in Italy.

Néophore is a series of terracotta and enamel vessels intersected with looping, handle-like tubes of glowing neon.

Despite its ambition to expand our definition of the creature to include other winged, hybrid beasts, Griffinology is hemmed ...

Constantine XI Palaiologos's rule as Byzantine Emperor was brief, and his death coincided with the fall of Constantinople.

Caroline Blackwood inspired paintings by Lucian Freud and poetry by Robert Lowell. Her own work has been unjustly forgotten.

Panselinos has long been considered one of the great Byzantine artists of the 14th century. His true identity, however, had ...

Rejecting orthogonal geometry, the museum seamlessly merges art, architecture, and public interaction, redefining the concept of a cultural institution. Its impact extends beyond aesthetics ...

Thessaloniki, Greece – Greek police have broken up an art forgery ring believed to have profited from selling counterfeit paintings at European auction houses. The operation, conducted by the ...

The metro system in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki opened Saturday featuring driverless trains, and tens of thousands of people braved blustery, rainy weather to wait outside the stations ...

An international team from the Nippon Foundation-University of British Columbia Nereus program has unveiled the first global model of life in the world’s oceans, allowing scientists and policymakers ...

From Apollo to Zeus, the 12 Olympian gods and goddesses are the most powerful deities in the pantheon of ancient Greek mythology and religion. The Greek gods — and the Roman gods they inspired — ...