The museum dropped a legal effort to block the seizure of the statue by investigators who said the bronze, thought by some to ...

The sanctuaries and temples of ancient Olympia are some of the oldest and most important in all of Ancient Greece.

The era in which Strabo lived, the saddle between the first centuries bc and ad, was highly receptive to kolossourgiai. The ...

Step back in time to July 1944, when the Germans retreated from Siena, Italy, without a fight! This medieval city could have ...

In a month dedicated to recognizing and celebrating a race of people who have historically been reduced to a point that they ...

Whether due to natural disasters or thanks to the destructive tendencies of mankind, these iconic cultural touchstones no ...

In a world where parents prefer unique baby names with meaningful origins, there’s no better source of inspiration than the land of the free and home of the brave.

A famous dragon sculpture that spits out real fire is going to be a little less dramatic this month. The Wawel Dragon–or Smok Wawelski–in Krakow, Poland will have to hold its fiery breath so ...

A more than 2,000-year-old marble statue of a woman has been found discarded ... and tens of thousands of artefacts spanning the Greek, Byzantine, and Ottoman periods, are now showcased at subway ...

Greek authorities said the statue is from the Hellenistic period Greek Police A statue dating back more than 2,000 years was allegedly found in a black bag near garbage bins in a part of the Greek ...

A statue dating back more than 2,000 years was allegedly found in a black bag near garbage bins in a part of the Greek city of Thessaloniki. In a Wednesday, Jan. 22 press release, the Greek Police ...