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

For hundreds of years experts have been trying to find answers as to how the great Minoan civilization of Crete came to an ...

The Ionian League, was a confederation of twelve Ionian Greek city-states located along the coast of Asia Minor.

But, in reality, ancient Greeks and Romans embraced bold colors, which archaeologists call “polychromy.” Brightly hued paints ...

Fear not: avoiding the crowds – and not forking out €20 on a Greek salad – is entirely ... Situated in the Peloponnese region, Mycenae offers a welcome alternative: imposing ruins surrounded ...

New research is shedding light on the bouleuterion building that once stood in the ancient city of Teos, located in ...

Venice used new art commissions to help its citizens understand the changing nature of power and quell public anxiety during ...

Thousands of years ago, Greco-Roman statues offered viewers a multi-dimensional experience that also called to our olfactory ...

The Vatican Museums' Laocoön and His Sons is long considered an exemplar of Hellenistic artistry—but what if it was actually ...

Some new photos from the set of Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey have been shared online, and they find Matt Damon's Odysseus ...

For centuries, the stark white marble statues of ancient Greece and Rome have stood as timeless symbols of classical beauty.

Many museums around the world are filled with marble statues from ancient Greece and Rome. Some viewers recognize that these works of art were not originally displayed in their glistening white form, ...