The Venus de Milo is the most famous sculpture and, after the Mona Lisa ... an Aegean island halfway between Crete and the Greek mainland. (The name means Venus of Melos.) The discovery ...

In the late 18th and early 19th century, Westerners were involved in extensive looting of Greek antiquities as the nation was ...

The Venus de Milo is an ancient Greek marble sculpture on display in the Louvre in Paris. Emily came up with the idea after creating something similar while studying for her art A-level.

The Venus de Milo statue, likely dating to the 2nd century B.C.E., was discovered by a farmer on the Greek island of Milos. 1864: The U.S. Senate passed, 38-6, the 13th Amendment to the U.S.

The Winged Victory of Samothrace, the Venus de Milo, Hermes of Olympia—when ... That’s right—Ancient Greek statues were originally colorful, some would even say garish.

In 1990, Ryan White, the teenage AIDS patient whose battle for acceptance had gained national attention, died in Indianapolis at age 18. In 1992, tennis great Arthur Ashe announced at a New York news ...