A “misogynistic” sculpture depicting a woman “tied in a sack” should be removed from display, a councillor has said. Ariadne (Wrapped) was unveiled outside Cambridge railway station by ...

Man finds 2,000-year-old Greek statue dumped ... said that the loosely folded drapery suggests that the statue is of a goddess. Regular women in that period were ... Athena, the goddess of ...

Text from ancient Greek and Roman writers describes how statues of deities—including Artemis, the Greek goddess of wild animals—were anointed with perfumes.

Some 180 statues and figurines dating from prehistory to the middle ages represent women in many guises, from goddesses, religious icons, mothers, entrepreneurs, and sex workers, all bonded by ...

2,000-Year-Old Greek Statue Found Abandoned in a Bag ... The loose drapery on the statue appears to indicate that it depicts a goddess, ... 3 Women Attacked by Dingoes While Visiting Popular ...

Organisers of a beer festival in Staffordshire are planning to parade a specially-produced statue of a Sumerian goddess in an effort to make the event more female-friendly. The statute of Ninkasi ...

Looking beyond text sources, scholars find more complexity in the realm of religion. The Greek pantheon is full of powerful female deities, such as Athena, goddess of war and wisdom and patron of ...

The birth of Aphrodite Aphrodite, Greek goddess of love, became Venus in the Roman pantheon. This mural, “The Birth of Venus,” painted before A.D. 79 and found at the House of Venus in the ...

‘Misogynistic’ sculpture of tied-up Greek goddess should be taken down, says Green councillor Naomi Bennett claims Gavin Turk’s artwork in Cambridge is another example of ‘violence against ...