Demeter was one of the twelve Olympian gods believed by the ancient Greeks to rule over the cosmos. She was the sister of Zeus and patron goddess of agriculture. She was commonly depicted wearing a ...

The 2,000-year-old Torlonia collection of Roman sculptures, now at the Art Institute of Chicago, has the urgency of the greatest contemporary art. Credit...Lorenzo De Masi, via Torlonia Foundation ...

One of the fundamental beliefs of the Ancient Greeks was that their beloved gods were immortal, but were they? How did they ...

April 22, Earth Day is celebrated once again as over one billion people help the Earth recover from the ravages of ...

The lecture hall of an "impressive high school" from an ancient Greek settlement was recently uncovered in Italy – with the discovery highlighting the similarities between ancient and modern ...

The Olympic flame still burns brightly in Ancient Olympia in the Peloponnese, where the modern-day games have their Greek ...

The researchers have also estimated that construction on the theater began around the 4th century B.C.E., when ancient Lefkada was experiencing economic prosperity. “Although damaged by time ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A short film about the ancient goddess Athena is being produced in Albuquerque this month. “Athena,” is a chilling tale of vengeance, mythology, and modern-day grief.

The lecture hall was discovered during excavations at Agrigento, the site of the largest ancient Greek settlement in Sicily. Photo by Thomas Lappi and Monika Trümper, FU Berlin, Institute of ...

The ancient ... ancient Greek legend. The bug and its unique appearance likely represents a previously unknown lineage of insects, the researchers say. As is often the case in Greek mythology ...

After a century-long wait, an excavation has finally revealed the only ancient theatre on Greece's Ionian Islands. Ancient Lefkada’s theatre was first discovered in 1901, but it took until now ...