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

"The Golden Thread II" is the sophomore outing of a fabric art show organized by BravinLee Programs, in a dramatic waterfront ...

The Aphrodite of Milos (better known as the Venus de Milo) was taken from the Greek island of Milos by French agents in 1820, during the time when Greece was still under Ottoman rule. The statue was ...

Much of our aesthetic engagement is visual or ... us just how difficult this task is. Generations of art historians specializing in Greek and Roman sculptures have completely missed out on what ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has worked in the fields of neuroscience research and mental health treatment.

Now, a researcher says there's another aspect to these statues to consider: how they smelled. Cecilie Brøns, a senior researcher and curator of the Glyptoteket museum's collection of ancient Greek and ...

Cecilie Brøns, a senior researcher and curator of the Glyptoteket museum's collection of ancient Greek and Roman art in Copenhagen, Denmark, says ancient texts provide evidence that statues were ...

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 ...