The wide-ranging colors used in ancient Greek statues are thought to have been ... figures of young women "proclaimed grace ...

Ancient Greece, the cradle of Western civilization, was responsible for creating five of the seven wonders of the ancient ...

Researchers have known for many years that there was more to ancient Greek and Roman statues than the plain white marble you typically see in museums. A few years ago, museum visitors in New York ...

Ancient Greek sculpture has fascinated the art lovers ... known as kouros or plural kouroi, meaning “youth” or “boy.” Kouroi ...

The recent excavation discovered an “androna”—a social space in Greek houses designated exclusively for men. Researchers also ...

Police in Greece said Wednesday they were investigating how an ancient Greek statue came to be dumped in a black plastic bag near garbage cans in the northern city of Thessaloniki. The organized ...

New study claims Ancient Greek and Roman statues were perfumed. © Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg), CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses ...

The statue, believed to be from the Hellenistic period, is currently being held by authorities for forensic testing. Discoveries of ancient artifacts are relatively common in Greece, often ...

One might think that every piece of ancient Greek statuary is on display in a museum, but in reality, Greeks today continue to find pieces of the past in their everyday lives. The latest find is ...