The religions of the ancient Greeks and the ancient Romans, often simply called “classical religion,” are often viewed as ...

Renaissance thinkers saw their own era as a reenactment of the great dramas of Greek history. What drove this comparison?

Greek mythology is prominent in art dating from antiquity through to the renaissance and even in contemporary artwork. During ...

Each Valentine’s Day, when I see images of the chubby winged god Cupid taking aim with his bow and arrow at his unsuspecting ...

Ancient myths have influenced civilizations and can be mapped to zodiac signs. Each sign aligns with a mythological pantheon reflecting its traits, li ...

Authorities in Greece say they have arrested a suspect accused of setting up online auctions to sell ancient Greek artifacts across multiple countries, including the United States, Britain ...

Lead contamination in ancient Greece points to societal change. ScienceDaily . Retrieved February 10, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 / 01 / 250130135513.htm ...

This unique degree programme offers training in an unparalleled range of ancient languages and their associated history, culture and textual traditions. Students study Hebrew and either Greek or Latin ...

At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, ...

The metro network took roughly two decades to complete as the tunneling exposed Greek burial sites, an early Christian basilica, a Roman-era thoroughfare and ancient water and drainage systems.

In December, construction workers putting in natural gas pipelines near Athens found a Roman-era statue of the ancient Greek god Hermes buried upright in a brick-lined pit near the Acropolis of ...

By Christine Hauser On the evening of Jan. 18, a 32-year-old Greek man went to the police ... The discovery of ancient artifacts in surprising places is not uncommon in a country as rich in ...