Nearly 60 works from the legendary Torlonia Collection, hidden for decades, showcase the splendor of ancient Rome at the ...

When New York-based jeweller Sarah Ysabel Narici was designing her take on a hoop earring for her brand Dyne, she looked to ancient Rome and Greece. “Myths about power, transformation, human desires, ...

Egypt’s pantheon was vast and powerful. This complete guide explores the roles, symbols, and myths of every god and goddess.

Myth and Marble,” an exhibition of the Torlonia Collection at the Kimbell Art Museum, has been thousands of years in the ...

Thousands of years before Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert got under President Trump's skin, ancient Greek and Roman poets ...

Archaeologists in Cuijk, Netherlands, uncover a rare Roman oil lamp shaped like a mask, shedding light on ancient funerary ...

In Greg Sheridan’s latest book, “pagan” Rome is a straw man, against which he posits early Christianity as the loving and brave hero.

Hiereiai (singular: hiereia) was the title of the female priesthood or priestesses in ancient Greece. According to the ...

Siren — In Greek mythology, a siren is a half-woman, half-bird creature that lures sailors to their watery deaths by way of ...

From Zeus at Olympia to the Lighthouse of Alexandria, coins and medals preserve rare glimpses of the Seven Wonders of the ...

A great many religions carry the idea that one day time as we know it will end.