Temples are hallowed ground, sheltering a community’s most coveted religious or cultural artifacts. Ancient Greece cultivated ...

Archaeologists recently excavated an ancient workshop on Paros, Greece, revealing unfinished sculptures and intriguing artifacts from the Classical period.

A researcher simulated the Athenian temple’s lighting conditions at different times of the day, discovering that its interior ...

that masterpiece remains a quintessential example of Classical Greek architecture, celebrated for the impressive 40-foot-tall chryselephantine (inlaid gold-and-ivory) statue of Athena housed within.

Contrary to the traditional image of Greek temples ... the gold and ivory statue of Athena by Phidias, made in 438 BCE, enhancing its divine appearance. Using digital modeling and physics ...

An Oxford archaeology professor and devoted enthusiast has meticulously employed 3D modeling tools to create a stunning digital reconstruction ... to meticulous human ingenuity. For ancient Greek ...

A digital impression of a statue of Britannia ... That symbol in itself is pure ancient Greece, the kind you would see on statues of Athena, the goddess of wisdom and war. Putting that on Britannia ...

The latest ancient Greek archaeological find to cause a stir is a Hellenistic marble workshop, discovered during a dig on Paros, part of the Cyclades island group in the Aegean Sea. You might not ...

airy Greek statues we most associate with the ancient culture. By 500 B.C., Greek sculptors began imitating the world around them, and glorifying the sensual human form. Even now, ancient Greek ...