A compelling creation myth was a must for every ancient civilisation, but Rome decided that one just wasn’t enough. In myth ...
Archaeologists have uncovered a rare Roman mosaic depicting a long-lost Trojan War narrative, including the weighing of ...
Pieter Paul Rubens’s The Abduction of Hippodamia, or Lapiths and Centaurs, 1636–38. (Photo by Fine Art Images / Heritage Images / Getty Images) Metamorphoses, by the Roman poet Ovid, is a collection ...
Most contemporary depictions of witches are pretty charming in their own cliché way: Bette Midler and her cadre of long-sleeved cackling buddies in Hocus Pocus, the charming Kiki from Studio Ghibli ...
READING, Pa. - The Reading Public Museum has announced a new exhibit that will showcase Greek and Roman mythology. The Foundation for the Reading Public Museum said Monday the exhibit "A Powerful ...
Did Zeus use his immense power solely for good? Was Jason really a great hero who sailed across the sea to find the Golden Fleece or a selfish lout who succeeded only with the help of a clever and ...
Philandering spouses. Envious brothers. Vindictive sisters. Heroic battles. Bloodshed. Tales passed down in Greek and Roman myths, Yoruba religion or Santeria — among others — have provided plots for ...
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Roman sun hat: A 'very rare' 1,600-year-old brimmed cap that may have protected a Roman soldier from Egyptian sandstorms
A rare example of a sun hat from late Roman Egypt that was stitched together from fabrics in five colors.
Section of Panel 1 of the Ketton Mosaic shows Hector, prince of Troy, in his chariot. (©ULAS). A second-century Roman coin from Ilium in Turkey, labelled ‘Hector’, is an earlier example of the same ...
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