In 480 BC, 300 men fought against the invading Persian army in the mountain pass of Thermopylae. With no help from their Greek allies, the King of Sparta, Leonidas, blocked the hot gates with the ...

She wields the Spear of Leonidas, a powerful Isu artifact ... The iconic PureArts Animus Kassandra 1:4 Scale Statue, now in a 1:8 Scale Statue! Deadly Spartan mercenary and Assassin's Creed ...

Ephialtes betrayed King Leonidas and his 300 Spartans at the Battle of Thermopylae. Public Domain Ephialtes of Trachis, whose name later came to mean “nightmare” in Greek, is regarded as one of the ...

Fifth century BC hoplite, or “heavy-armed soldier,” possibly Spartan King Leonidas, a Dorian, who died holding the pass at the Battle of Thermopylae. Credit: De Benutzer Ticinese, Wikimedia Commons, ...

"No one, of course, will come and steal the Statue of Liberty. The statue is yours. But what it embodies belongs to everyone. And if the free world no longer interests your government, then we ...

The body of the statue is missing its head, feet and right hand. APSARA National Authority For nearly a century, the head of a Buddha statue has been kept in the collections of the National ...

A 45-foot statue of a nude woman is the newest — and tallest — resident of San Francisco’s Embarcadero Plaza. The artwork, titled "R-Evolution," was unveiled with music, lights and ...

Veteran sculptor Ram Sutar, known for creating the 182-metre-tall Statue of Unity, has been awarded the Maharashtra Bhushan, the state's highest civilian honor. The decision was made by a ...

A famous Dublin statue of a mythical fishmonger should be protected from the groping hands of tourists and passersby, says a young woman campaigning to protect her. Tilly Cripwell is in her final ...

Two RAF engineers who broke a Paddington Bear statue in half and then stole it were "the antithesis of everything Paddington stands for", a judge has said. Daniel Heath and William Lawrence ...

An ancient Buddha statue from the early Goryeo dynasty was recently discovered at an archaeological site in North Korea. The Goryeo study saw the flourishing of Buddhist art and architecture ...