Archaeologists have unearthed a “spectacular” ancient temple housing hundreds of statues dedicated to the Greek God Apollo.

Greek mythology sparked the Renaissance, transforming art from religious instruction to profound explorations of human ...

Text from ancient Greek and Roman writers describes how statues of deities—including Artemis, the Greek goddess of wild animals—were anointed with perfumes. Jastrow / Public domain via ...

The birth of Aphrodite Aphrodite, Greek goddess of love, became Venus in the Roman pantheon. This mural, “The Birth of Venus,” painted before A.D. 79 and found at the House of Venus in the ...

An ancient statue depicting the Roman goddess of victory has been unearthed at Hadrian’s Wall by amateur archaeologists.. The symbolic find of the winged goddess was discovered in a reused pile ...

The Halsted A&A Foundation has acquired a 1st-century Roman statue of the ancient Greek goddess Athena. The sculpture, which has remained out of public view for centuries, will be on display ...

Archaeologists in southwestern Bulgaria have spent the early part of July excavating a 6-foot-8 marble statue of Hermes, a god of Greek mythology, that they found in an ancient Roman sewer.