A mix of ancient divinities, Aphrodite was patron over love, beauty, fertility, and war. But the venerated Greek deity has a ...

Attributed to ancient Greek sculptor Lysippos, the exquisite bronze horses adorning the basilica of Saint Mark in Venice have ...

Experts on the hunt for the queen's tomb believe that they’ve found a small bust of her—but not everyone agrees ...

Heraklion From its yacht-decorated Venetian harbour to its lofty walled bastions, Crete’s capital rewards wanderers, and the ...

In addition to the 1,800-year-old piece of engraved jewelry, archaeologists discovered a trove of Carolingian coins, medieval pottery and more ...

Achilles personifies the themes of heroism, pride and vulnerability. He was the hero of the Trojan war and entered his rage ...

With every aspect of Roman life having a specific deity to call upon, it can be tricky to make sense of the ancient pantheon ...

The king of the gods in the ancient Greek pantheon had a notorious reputation for sleeping around, so it should come as no ...

The Gods of Olympus section features the sculptures created in the Classical Period of ancient Greece, from 480 to 325 BC.

Athena was the daughter of Zeus and Metis and one of the twelve Olympian deities the Greeks believed ruled over the cosmos.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A short film about the ancient goddess Athena is being produced in Albuquerque this month. “Athena,” is a chilling tale of vengeance, mythology, and modern-day grief.