An intensely energy-charged place, where the eye looks far beyond the horizon from the height on which this sacred site is ...

The expansion of one of the Mediterranean’s strongest powers wasn’t only driven by conquest, but also infrastructure. By ...

A rare 5th-century BC bone stylus unearthed in Sicily features an erotic carving of the Greek god Dionysus—his bearded face ...

Flower designs on 8,000-year-old Mesopotamian pots reveal a “mathematical knowledge” perhaps developed to share land and ...

These 15 Greek god animals served as sacred symbols and divine messengers in ancient mythology — and their meanings still ...

The world is full of fascinating historic monument and ruins, but what has happened to them in the centuries since they fell ...

Archaeologists believe that the stylus was carved to resemble a herm, a type of sculpture in ancient Greece that was often ...

Did you know there's an art form that blends Ancient Greek and Buddhist traditions? Welcome to Greco-Buddhist art, aka ...

In his 2016 book In Bed with the Ancient Greeks, British author and historian Paul Chrystal explained that big penises were ...

Dion, the sacred site of ancient Macedonia, lies at the foot of Mount Olympus, featuring lush vegetation, springs and a ...

Richard Kindersley, who has died aged 86, was a typeface designer, letterer and sculptor whose work, spanning more than six ...

Archaeologists in Türkiye have uncovered a rare marble carving of Medusa with a gentle, childlike smile in the ancient city ...