One such ancient story centers on the bronze sentry Talos. Forged by Hephaestus, the Greek god of smiths and artisans, Talos ...

The ecumenical "donation" by the Vatican furthers a campaign to press the British Museum to hand back a collection of sculptures taken from the ancient site in Athens more than 200 years ago. View on ...

Archaeological excavations launched in 2022 in the Basilica of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem have yielded significant data on the site’s original use and appearance.

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 ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The Monastery of Panagia Hozoviotissa, carved into ...

Restoration efforts are underway at the archaeological site of Dion, as the Greek Ministry of Culture moves forward with plans to revitalize the monumental complex of the Ancient Agora.

The magnificent statue of Antinous ... permission by the Greek government to excavate at Delphi. Most of the workers were locals from the village of Kastri, which, prior to its relocation, was ...

Over 1,700 years ago, the ancient Greek Stoic philosopher, Epictetus, proposed an entirely different theory. He argued that it’s not life events that upset us, but our thoughts about them.

He was a Greek mathematician and the head librarian at the Library ... a feat that stands as a testament to the ingenuity of ancient science. Using the differences in the angle of the sun’s rays at ...

The pair, possibly husband and wife, stand within a niche on the boundary wall of a monumental ancient tomb. “The delicacy and detail of the sculpture is remarkable,” according to a journal ...

Much like similar derogatory titles “siren” and “fury”, the term “harpy” is derived from a group of monstrous female figures from ancient Greek and Roman mythology. In Greek and Roman ...