Beyond the handful of memorial libraries, many other ancient Roman public libraries were great cultural centers, including ...

A new study links the ancient Arabian god Kahl to the Greek hero Hercules, revealing shared warrior imagery and cultural ...

Ancient Greek and Roman statues didn't originally look like they do now in museums. A new study says they didn't smell the ...

The Greek War of Independence that begun in 1821 is full of memorable events, most of them bloody battles and heroic feats.

Archaeologists excavating a private property in Florence, Italy, discovered a 20-inch statue of Hercules missing its head, ...

Did you know that ancient sculptures were once richly coloured? Researchers have known about this for centuries, but the general public remains largely unaware.

Science has already proven that sculptures from ancient Greece and Rome were often painted in warm colours and now a Danish ...

Explore the inspiring story of Greece’s 1821 War of Independence, highlighting heroes like Ypsilantis and Byron ...

In a groundbreaking study led by archaeologist Cecilie Brøns and published in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology, a fascinating aspect of ancient art has come to light: the use of perfumes and aromatic ...

have unearthed an incredible marble statue of Hermes, the messenger of Zeus in ancient Greek mythology. Statue fragments of other deities including Eros, Aphrodite, Artemis and Nemesis have also ...

along with Egyptian demotic and Greek. Excavators also unearthed several Ptolemaic-era bronze coins, plus "a large collection of terracotta statues depicting human and animal forms from the Greco ...

Protesters clash with police in front of the Greek Parliament, at a protest marking the second anniversary of the country’s worst railway disaster, while an investigation continues, in Athens ...