The sun dips low over the rugged cliffs of Meteora, casting golden hues across monasteries perched impossibly atop stone ...

The Antikythera Mechanism, a 2,000-year-old Greek astronomical calculator, was found in a Roman-era shipwreck near ...

Ancient Greek history is full of men who left their own mark for their military genius, bravery, artistic greatness, and ...

Greek divers found a shipwreck in 1900 with a 2,100-year-old ancient device so sophisticated that researchers have only ...

Some of the oldest ancient temples continue to fulfil their original purpose after thousands of years, continuing their ...

Ancient Greek and Roman statues didn't originally look like they do now in museums. A new study says they didn't smell the ...

Ancient Olympia in the Rain As the first rays of morning light pierce through the clouds and fall upon these ancient ruins, a fine rain quietly descends. The raindrops fall on stone columns, statues, ...

And Bach gave him a sculpture of an olive tree, the source of the wreaths worn by ancient Olympic champions. “He learned many new things about his family. It is always special when we learn more about ...

The Statue of Zeus at Olympia, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, is said to have been regularly anointed with olive oil to protect its ivory surface. The perfumes were meant to ...

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (AP) — Seven candidates in the IOC presidential election came to the most sacred Olympic site on Tuesday, two days before the contest to elect a new leader. Rain at ...

Ideally, Philostratus said, an athlete should look like a sculpture of an athlete ... athletes because wrestling was the most popular ancient Olympic sport. The Gymnasticus says wrestlers should ...

Pausanias narrates that the Statue of Zeus at Olympia was anointed with olive ... The use of perfumes in ancient art had not only a decorative purpose but was part of a symbolic and religious ...