The Catholic Church is almost 2,000 years old, and over the centuries, the protocol for papal funerals has been codified and ...

Observe the Fisherman’s Wharf Sea Lions The playful ... Visit the Palace of Fine Arts The Palace of Fine Arts is a Greco-Roman structure built for the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition.

Archaeologists in Montaione, Florence, Italy, have discovered a rare ancient statue of Hercules, dating back to the 3rd or 4th century.

Excavations across the ancient city of Perga revealed five new statue finds from as far back as the second century A.D. The ...

Archaeologists in the ancient Greek city of Perge, Turkey, have discovered five Roman statues, including Aphrodite and Eros.

Halsted A&A Foundation With an owl in the palm of her hand, a cloak adorned with a gorgon’s head and a warrior’s helmet upon her swept hair, Athena, as depicted in a Roman statue from the ...

Credit: Saffron Blaze / Wikimedia Commons The sculpture depicts the goddess of love and beauty in an elegant pose, fused at its base with the figure of the god Eros, who is seated on a dolphin.

In December, construction workers putting in natural gas pipelines near Athens found a Roman-era statue of the ancient Greek god Hermes buried upright in a brick-lined pit near the Acropolis of ...

In December, workers installing natural gas pipelines near Athens uncovered a Roman-era statue of Hermes buried upright in a brick-lined pit near the Acropolis. Thessaloniki weeks ago unveiled a ...