The museum dropped a legal effort to block the seizure of the statue by investigators who said the bronze, thought by some to ...

A deeper look into the development of ancient Greek art and sculpture through time, covering various styles, forms and ...

The Acropolis of Athens is one of the most visited world sites, but what stood on top of it before the construction of the ...

A woman poses for a photo in front Caryatid statues that prop up the porch ... remained fairly low and localized in ancient Greece, considered the cradle of European civilization, throughout the ...

Art from ancient Thrace is often flashy and brusque, as befits a warrior tribe. The archaic society was known for the prowess ...

By 1600 b.c., less than one in 20 bones found at sites in the Levant typically come from pigs, and most of those appear to be ...

Precautionary measures were put in place to safeguard Santorini's antiquities from potential earthquake damage.

Animals have played a multitude of roles in the City of London’s 2,000-year history, so there is a veritable menagerie of ...

The Venus de Milo, a celebrated ancient statue found on the Greek island ... this time was less organized and stratified. By the Bronze Age, Cycladic marble figurines were often found buried ...

The Jordanian capital of Amman is one of the best introductions for travellers looking to explore the Middle East. Like many ...

The ongoing task of reconfiguring some outlying architecture into line with the campus' mix of Beaux Arts, Greek Revival ... Tuska the 27-foot, 7-ton bronze elephant statue, trunk raised and ...