The ancient Greeks and Romans built astonishing monuments like the Lighthouse of Alexandria and the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, and while only the Great Pyramid of Giza remains intact, we’ve ...

For example, statues of nude male athletes might adorn a gymnasium, while a statue of Venus (the Roman goddess of love), who was known for ... with intricate carvings that depict the labors of ...

Statue of Hercules at rest leaning against his knotty club on which ... In Elis, for example, a beauty contest was held in honor of the goddess Athena. The winner received weapons as prizes, led a ...

Credit: Paula Tsoni Among the 17 items from Europos exhibited at the temporary show at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens is a marble statue of the semi-god ... grapes—a typical depiction of ...

A 57-year-old Luxembourg man was given a nine-month suspended prison sentence on Thursday for stealing a statue of Hercules ...

Torso pieces were also found in the same region. Researchers believe they belong to statues of Artemis—goddess of hunting, wildlife, and nature (also known as Diana in Roman mythology)—and ...

Archaeologists excavating at the ancient city of Aspendos, 25 miles east of Antalya on the Turkish coast, have unearthed an incredible marble statue of ... to Aphrodite (goddess of beauty and ...