You'd be wrong to think the ancient Greek gods bled red like you and me, as ichor was the substance that defined their ...

In ancient Greece and Rome, statues not only looked beautiful ... and Roman deities—including one depicting Artemis, the Greek goddess of wild animals, in Sicily. Statues of rulers, such ...

As a result, Roman gods were a blend of deities, with close similarities to the gods worshipped by the ancient Greeks. In particular, the twelve greatest gods and goddesses in the Roman state ...

Did Easter come from an ancient Greek festival? Scholars have long linked the customs involved in this celebration with pagan ...

The ancient Greeks and Romans often doused their statues in perfume, a recent study found. Published in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology, the study adds to evidence that statues were more than ...

From Monstrum: The impossible, three-headed monster of Ancient Greek mythology, the Chimaera ... And we watch as art evolves from stiff statues to perfectly balanced Venuses to the exuberant ...

Every city in Greece had a 'patron' god or goddess ... for more content on Ancient Greece to share with your students? This collection of short videos is about Ancient Greek civilisation and ...

The playwright Euripides introduces us to the various forms of Ancient Greek architecture ... Inside was a 12-metre-high gold and ivory statue of the goddess Athena. All of our important buildings ...

Researchers have known for many years that there was more to ancient Greek and Roman statues than the plain white marble you typically see in museums. A few years ago, museum visitors in New York ...