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

Dimitrios Katsikis, dubbed "the modern day Hephaestus", is an Athens-based Greek armorer reviving the past with his ...

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 — ...

Among the gold artifacts is an earring in the form of a naked, winged Eros figure holding a scepter and wreath.

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

Archaeologists in Greece have uncovered a magnificent ancient building adorned with marble lion sculptures and a treasure ...

Inside the ancient monument, archaeologists uncovered intact burials and a sarcophagus holding "valuable" artefacts of ...

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 ...

Five years on from starting work at San Casciano, an Etruscan and Roman thermal baths, bronze and gold treasure continue to ...

Despite over two millennia passing since the peak of Greek antiquity, culture continues to draw inspiration from the mythology of that ... with his name in the Roman form 'Hercules', many of ...

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