The tale of Salmoneus, the king who dared to imitate Zeus, reveals ancient fears of hubris, madness, and divine punishment.

Archaeologists found an ancient bust of the Greek god Zeus in western Turkey. Located right near the remains of a temple dedicated to Aphrodite, the statue is a remnant of one of the Roman Empire ...

The city of Crotone, a historic jewel of Magna Graecia, is embracing its Greek heritage with the addition of a new, imposing ...

Standing for a little more than 50 years in the third century B.C., Rhodes’s titanic statue of Helios made a colossal impact on Western art, history, and imagination.

A gargantuan gold-and-ivory statue of the god Zeus—some 40 feet high—dazzled the ancient world when it was built in the 5th century B.C. After standing for 8 centuries, it disappeared, and its ...

Archaeologists found an ancient bust of the Greek god Zeus in western Turkey. Located right near the remains of a temple dedicated to Aphrodite, the statue is a remnant of one of the Roman Empire ...

After 20 years of restorations, a 26-foot-tall statue of Atlas is once again standing guard at the ancient Temple of Zeus in the city of Agrigento (once called Akragas) in Sicily.

ANKARA / ISTANBUL, 4 March (BelTA - Anadolu) - The Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism announced on Monday the discovery of a marble statue of Hermes, the messenger of Zeus—the pantheon's ...

The statue, including its base, stands at a height of 1.65 meters (5.4 feet), and based on its stylistic features, is dated to the Roman Imperial Period (late 2nd century - early 3rd century AD).

The ancient games were also a religious festival, held in honour of Zeus, the king of the gods. There were no gold, silver and bronze medals. Winners were given a wreath of leaves and a hero's ...

Archaeologists found an ancient bust of the Greek god Zeus in western Turkey. Here's where it was hiding. Archaeologists Stumbled Upon the Missing Head of a 2,000-Year-Old Zeus Statue ...