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

In ancient Greece and Rome, statues not only looked beautiful—they ... of Greek and Roman deities—including one depicting Artemis, the Greek goddess of wild animals, in Sicily.

While Athens and Sparta dominate the history book, there are lesser-known ancient Greek city-states that contributed to Greek ...

Built in Ancient Greece around 435 BC, this giant statue was made to look like Zeus ... Built in honour of the goddess Artemis (sometimes known to the Romans as Diana), this temple was very ...

The Statue of Zeus at Olympia was ... the most magnificent and largest temples in the ancient world, which was dedicated to the Greek goddess Artemis. King Croesus of Lydia built the temple ...

collecting evidence that in ancient Greece and Rome, it was common to anoint a sculpture with perfumes and oils. Though past researchers have uncovered references to such practices, Brons found ...

Greece welcomed the repatriation of three ancient sculpture fragments from the Parthenon—a horse and two male ...