A marble sculpture of the Aphrodite of Knidos from the 1st century BC, made by Menophantos. National Roman Museum-Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, Rome, Italy. Photo: Eric Vandeville/akg-images.

Iris Love, who has died aged 86 after being diagnosed with COVID-19, was a passionate archaeologist, her greatest contribution being her role in the discovery of the Temple of Aphrodite in 1969 ...

Aphrodite of Knidos was the first of her kind, the earliest nude sculpture of a woman known in history. She attracted crowds, though what happened to the goddess remains a mystery.

Aphrodite statues found in Petra are a fine example of Greco-Roman art, noted Mark Abbe from the University of Georgia, adding that they replicate the most famous and influential statue of the Greek ...

In 475AD, a fire destroyed much of Constantinople, including the Lauseion, or Palace of Lausus, which contained an unrivalled collection of Greek sculpture. One of the most revered was the Aphrodite ...

I t’s a well-established fact that Rihanna is an all-around goddess (not to mention the world’s coolest trekkie) in real life, but music’s baddest gal will be making a classical art debut ...