Athens is, or at least should be, better known for the impressive temples and other archaeological sites that are all around ...

By clicking on 'Sign Up' you will be the first to know about our latest and best sporting content on this browser.

After three and a half years of leadership at Marshall University, President Brad Smith agreed to extend his employment ...

On May 22, 2025, the government of the United Kingdom signed the much-discussed treaty transferring sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius, which included a lease agreement for the ...

After studying in Europe, LeQuire was motivated to use his talents "to ennoble and memorialize real people, not emperors, kings and queens or gods and goddesses." Outside Nashville's Parthenon ...

In Lanthimos’ cinematic rendering of “Poor Things”, the cruise ship carrying the protagonists sails from Lisbon to Alexandria, bypassing the Greek capital. As it turns out, Athens would only have ...

Its friezes depict a procession of gods, warriors, and mythical animals; its metopes, single panels within the larger frieze, narrate mythological battles of the Athenians against the Amazonians ...

Christopher Hitchens, among the most eloquent and forceful advocates of rejoining the Parthenon marbles, helped tilt me toward the cause of repatriation. With great timing, Verso Books has just ...

A gargantuan gold-and-ivory statue of the god Zeus—some 40 feet high—dazzled the ancient world when it was built in the 5th century B.C. After standing for 8 centuries, it disappeared, and its ...

The king of the gods in the ancient Greek pantheon had a notorious reputation for sleeping around, so it should come as no surprise that Zeus fathered a lot of children. When you’re nearly counting ...

A former adviser to the Greek government has told the BBC that a deal that could see the Parthenon Sculptures - also known as the Elgin Marbles - returned to Greece is "close." The Greek Prime ...

Name: Ares Origin: Greek Known as: God of war and the spirit of battle Family: Son of Zeus (king of the gods) and Hera (queen of the gods) Ares embodied the brutal aspects of warfare. He represented ...