Phryne was a notable ancient Greek hetaira, or courtesan, of Athens, who is remembered throughout the millennia for her ...

The ancient philosophy of Aristotle is aiming to transform life inside UK prisons through a classical education made ...

Last weekend witnessed hundreds of people attend a series of commemorative events in Canberra and Sydney. The events saw the ...

From floating shrines and striking synagogues to golden monuments and sprawling sacrificial sites, these are the most ...

In colonial Latin America – called “New Spain” by European colonists – images of a white Jesus reinforced a caste system where white, Christian Europeans occupied the top tier, while those with darker ...

Others crowd in for a better look, glancing from the famous 19th-century painting on the wall, The Women of Algiers ... Rubens and classical Greek and Roman statues. “The Louvre is the book ...

This role prompted the most famous ... another female avatar for the nation was capturing the imaginations of millions of new immigrants from Italy, Poland and Russia: the Statue of Liberty ...

In her right hand, the female figure holds laurel leaves, which Roman priestesses and priests once used to purify spaces.

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The world's largest statue, which stands nearly 600 feet tall, is located on Sadhu Bet Island in the Narmada River in the ...