The renovated Archaeological Museum of Thera opens with the acclaimed exhibition 'Cycladic Women: Unknown Stories', ...

Baby names inspired by Greek history and mythology are gaining popularity in the US. From Athena to Zeus, there is a name for ...

Aphrodite' was a collaboration between the Sydney Chamber Opera and Omega Ensemble that favours cerebral engagement over ...

A statue Hydna and Scyllis ... Why were representations of powerful female goddesses such as Athena so different from the realities of mortal women? In this video, we will look at the factors that ...

An ancient statue depicting the Roman goddess of victory has been unearthed at Hadrian’s Wall by amateur archaeologists. The symbolic find of the winged goddess was discovered in a reused pile ...

The city was destroyed by a volcanic eruption in 79 A.D., and as a result, many of the statues were preserved with some colors intact, such as a statue of the Greek goddess Artemis.

Her sonnet to the “mother of exiles” contrasts Lady Liberty with the Greek statue of a conquering male warrior. But “give to me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free” ...

Man finds 2,000-year-old Greek statue dumped near trash cans Authorities say the statue dates back to the Hellenistic period and are investigating how it ended up among garbage. It was worse for ...

Near the Greek city of Thessaloniki, a local resident discovered a small marble statue of a woman that had been left in a garbage bag near a trash bin. Unsure of what the statue was or why it had been ...

Greek mythology often reads like a soap opera for deities. One moment Zeus condemns a traitor to have his liver pecked apart by vultures for eternity, the next he disguises himself as a swan so he can ...

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 ...

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 ...