The statue of Antinous was discovered by a team of French archaeologists who in 1891 excavated the ancient site of Delphi.

Many popular expressions that are used pretty often in English have deep roots in the rich Greek language, culture, and ...

Founded by Alexander the Great's father King Philip II in 356 B.C.E., the historic city of Philippi has become one of the ...

Researchers have known for many years that there was more to ancient Greek and Roman ... worshipped for representing gods.) Brøns is fond of a quote she attributes to the Roman philosopher Cicero, ...

The thousands of documents posted online this week disappointed assassination buffs. But historians are finding many newly revealed secrets. By Jennifer Schuessler and Julian E. Barnes In June ...

The second-century sculpture, often regarded as the epitome of classical beauty, is back on view at the Vatican after a painstaking restoration aimed at preserving the statue’s stability and improving ...

These fragrances were “not merely decorative but symbolic, enhancing the religious and cultural significance of these sculptures,” writes Bill Giannopoulos for the Greek City Times.

Marble sculpture of the Greek god Apollo from the 2nd century AD ... “A white marble statue was not intended to be perceived as a statue in stone,” said Cecilie Brøns, an archaeologist ...

A 2,000-year-old Greek tomb has revealed a gold ring of Apollo with a healing serpent, uncovering a lost link between ancient medicine, spirituality, and the afterlife. Archaeologists excavating an ...

Cicero for example spoke of a ritual treatment of a statue of Artemis, the goddess of the hunt, the forest and animals in Greek mythology, in the Sicilian city of Segesta which was anointed with ...