Greece, fifth century b.c. To accommodate the sculpture, Phidias raised the height of the cella. He also installed a large rectangular pool filled with olive oil in front of the statue. Since the ...

The Temple of Olympian Zeus, dedicated the first among the Gods, is the most magnificent monument in Athens, other than the ...

The Rod of Asclepius remains a symbol of health and medicine around the world to this day. Asclepius was a demi-god son of ...

A one-foot-wide bronze mask dating to around 1100 b.c. emerges from beneath a bronze vessel containing cowrie shells during recent excavations at the site of Sanxingdui in China’s Sichuan Province.

The Greeks proposed the idea that humans are a form of artificial intelligence. Prometheus and Hephaestus use technology to ...

In 1951, a Black teenager led a walkout of her segregated Virginia high school. On Tuesday, her statue replaced that of a Confederate general in the U.S. Capitol. Barbara Rose Johns was 16 when she ...

After reading about the 1,900-year-old Hermes head that was found in the ancient city of Laodicea in Turkey, discover the ...

I sailed on the new Viking Vesta from Athens to Istanbul. The enriching experience was full of history and incredible views.

Defense contractor Kratos said it has tasked its partner L3Harris with producing no less tha 60 Zeus solid rocket motors ...

Police on Sunday asked the public to help investigators find a portion of a bronze statue of a woman and a girl titled "Happiness" that was stolen on Dec. 6 from its location on a center median in the ...

Known as "The Light That Shines Through the Universe," the 27-foot-tall artwork created by Tuan Andrew Nguyen will be ...

SUGAR LAND, TX – In a grand ceremony at the Sri Ashtalakshmi Temple here, a towering 90-foot bronze statue of Lord Hanuman was unveiled, marking a significant milestone in the cultural and spiritual ...