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

Karen LaMonte’s sculptures explore ideas around femininity, resilience, and conventions of beauty throughout history.

Near the cliffs of Luxor, where ancient temples rise from the desert, a new discovery is changing how we understand one of ...

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

Gods, monsters, betrayal, divine punishment—it’s practically built for entertainment. But among all those ancient deities, one name rises above the rest: Zeus. King of the gods. Lord of Thunder.

Archaeologists unearth 1,700-year-old statue of Greek god's messenger An incredible marble statue of Hermes, the messenger of Zeus, along with statue fragments of other ancient Greek deities have ...

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 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).

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 ...

Ancient statues, coins, jewels and still-intact eggs from Roman and Etruscan times have been recovered from thermal baths in southern Tuscany, Italy's culture ministry said on Tuesday, presenting ...

The bronze head of a Roman emperor that was believed to have been looted from Turkey is being returned by a Danish museum. Some experts say it’s part of a headless sculpture returned last year.

In 1986, an explorer captured an image of “Diana of Versailles,” a 2-foot-tall bronze statue of the Roman goddess, lying in the debris of the RMS Titanic, more than 12,000 feet deep in the ...