While Odysseus and Achilles fought for the same cause, they embody two different approaches to ancient Greek heroism.

A familiar face has resurfaced from the ruins of an ancient Greek city in Italy. Archaeologists in Sicily have discovered what they believe to be an ancient Roman mask mould depicting the iconic ...

Many people wore wide-brimmed hats in hot weather, to shade their faces from the sun. Suntans weren't cool in ancient Greece, so women put white lead on their face to make their skin pale.

A Greek poem from the 1st century CE describes ... So, the next time you see a reconstruction of some ancient person's face, be cautious before thinking that you are really looking at the exact ...

Police in Greece said Wednesday they were investigating how an ancient Greek statue came to be dumped in a black plastic bag near garbage cans in the northern city of Thessaloniki. The organized ...

A rare "Corinthian" helmet from ancient Greece will go up for auction in London ... 500 and 450 B.C. Helmets that cover most of the face like this, with only a gap for the eyes and mouth, are ...