God of the sea, rivers, storms, earthquakes, bulls and horses, Poseidon occupies a large amount of ancient Greek mythology.

Fringed by the Aleppo pines of Sounio National Park – where the remnants of classical kilns and cisterns lie in the shade of ...

Collections from three of Greece's major museums go interactive with Google's Arts and Culture platform under the project ...

Los Angeles County Museum Of Art, Los Angeles, Gift Of Dr. And Mrs. Sam K. Lee (M.86.330) The scarab has been deified during Ancient Egypt ... Whether it's a ruined temple or a centuries-old ...

Casamari Abbey in Italy is a gem of Cistercian-Gothic art, whose stones have been imbued ... in the 11th century on the foundations of a temple dedicated to Ceres, the Greek goddess of the earth ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a "remarkable" collection of artifacts at the ruins of an ancient Egyptian temple. An Egyptian ... in various works of art, literature and historical accounts over ...

Climbing to the top of the Acropolis of Athens, the birthplace of democracy, has always been a feat for the brave. Never more ...

All three faiths are, of course, still practised by millions worldwide today: videos of contemporary worshippers help to "blast the museum dust off" this ancient art, and give a "sense of its ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a “spectacular” ancient temple housing hundreds of statues dedicated to the Greek God Apollo. The site, known as the Sanctuary of Apollo, is located in a remote valley in ...

An announcement on June 9 from the Greek Ministry of Culture cites the discovery of a rare underground spring cistern dating ...