The Greek word Philoxenia, literally translated as a "friend to a stranger", is widely perceived to be synonymous to ...

With their eyes fixed on the sky, the ancient Greeks formed constellations through noticing shapes in the stars.

Egyptian authorities have arrested two men for attempting to steal hundreds of ancient artifacts from the bottom of the sea, ...

Writing in a letter to his friend Lucilius around AD62, the Roman philosopher Seneca outlined ... Vegetarianism wasn't common in the ancient world. But it did have some adherents, often from ...

As a result, Roman gods were a blend of deities, with close similarities to the gods worshipped by the ancient Greeks ... paralleled the gods of Greek mythology. Although they kept Latin names ...

With its focus on the power of art to bring people together, the project’s inspiration includes mythological paintings in our collection that show classical scenes of joyful procession and acts of ...

Many Greek gods and goddesses were associated with battle, but Ares was known as the one true Greek god of war (not to be confused with Kratos, the protagonist of the "God of War" video game franchise ...