Visible from great distances, it is the highest active volcano not only in Europe but on the entire Eurasian plate, standing at 3,403 meters (11,161 feet) above sea level. At its base, it spans over ...

In ancient Athens they celebrated the Spring Equinox as a resurrection after death. Painting of Aphrodite and Adonis by Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) 1488/90-1576. Exhibited at the G. Paul Getty Museum in ...

Profile of the statue of Aphrodite of Milos (Venus de Milo) at the Louvre Museum. Credit: Bradley Weber / Flickr CC BY 2.0 She embodies the universal concepts of beauty, sexual love, and fertility, ...

With the late bank holiday – three weeks later than last year – short-haul beach weather will be easier to access Easter arrives particularly late this year – the bank holiday weekend is ...

While Homer describes Aphrodite as the daughter of the deities Zeus and Dione, Hesiod tells of her marine birth from the severed genitals of the primordial god Ouranos. The oil jar at right elegantly ...

Excavations on monumental fountain ruins resulted in the discovery of a statue of Hermes from the Roman Imperial Period. Including its pedestal, the marble statue once stood over 5 feet tall.