The real reason why ancient statues always seem to be naked has finally been uncovered ...

Ancient Athens celebrated the Spring Equinox as one of the most important feasts, a celebration of resurrection following ...

In the past, Baalbek was called Heliopolis; in 1984 it was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site – In yesterday’s bombings, ...

Some names feel like they’ve been whispered through marble ruins and sun-washed olive groves—and that’s exactly the vibe of this list. These The post 40 Greek girl names that feel ancient and fresh at ...

Nottingham High School will present its spring musical, "The Olympians: An Epic Muse-ical," with opening night set for this ...

Ancient Greece is known for many things, but how many of us know that there were a select few women who became exceptional ...

In the spirit of International Women's Day, the stories of ten of our favourite ancient Greek goddesses serve as a reminder ...

The 20th-century art historian Kenneth Clark made a distinction between the “naked,” meaning unclothed and ashamed, and the “nude,” meaning the body in its most beautiful form. Most people today use ...

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He turned “cat burglar” into a job description. A 52‑year‑old man has been charged after an Egyptian cat sculpture and “priceless” artifacts were stolen from an Australian history museum, Queensland ...

It was the summer of 2020, and researcher Walter Crist was wandering around the exhibits inside a Dutch museum dedicated to the presence of the ancient Roman empire in the Netherlands. As a scientist ...

The oldest known wooden tools have been found in an opencast mine in Greece. They are 430,000 years old and were made by an unidentified species of ancient human – perhaps the ancestors of ...