They fought the Egyptians, sacked Babylon, and built elaborate cities. Then the Hittites vanished. Today, new discoveries are ...

The statue of Antinous was discovered by a team of French archaeologists who in 1891 excavated the ancient site of Delphi.

Archaeologists working at a city in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii have discovered two life-sized funerary statues ...

The New York- and Geneva-based gallery says it will appeal the case, brought by Sheikh Hamad Bin Abdullah al-Thani ...

In ancient Greece and Rome ... “For example, a cult statue of a god or goddess with such decoration placed in a temple, would have given the visitor to the temple the impression that the ...

A life-sized statue has been discovered in Pompeii of an ancient Roman woman thought to have been a priestess in a fertility ...

An ancient Greek statue of Hermes is displayed in the archeological ... they participate in rituals related to Dionysus, the Greek god of wine and theater. There were also animal sacrifices ...

An ancient Greek statue of Hermes is displayed in the archeological museum ... a social gathering where they participate in rituals related to Dionysus, the Greek god of wine and theater. There were ...

On an Egyptian desert rock ridge west of Alexandria and between the Mediterranean sea and Lake Mariout is Kom el-Nugus, an ...

Ancient Greek history is full of the names of great minds: philosophers, scientists, statesmen, generals, historians and ...

A three-foot statue of the Hindu deity Vishnu had washed ... the figure would have once held a conch, a symbol of the god’s divine authority which, when blown, was thought to produce the ...

Archaeologists working at a city in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii have discovered two life-sized funerary statues depicting ... rather than mythical gods. It’s a notable glimpse into the ...