The ecumenical "donation" by the Vatican furthers a campaign to press the British Museum to hand back a collection of ...

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

An exploration of some of the oldest temples in the world, shedding light on the lives of ancient civilizations and their ...

Athens, April 23, 2025 – On the occasion of the passing of Pope Francis, the Head of the Catholic Church, we recall the momentous day on 24 March 2023 when Greece welcomed the repatriation of three ...

Small Praxitelean marble statue of god Dionysus with a wreath of ivy and pine ... Dionysus’ popularity among women was not surprising. A woman’s life in ancient Greece was carefully controlled. Girls ...

Authorities on the Greek island of Crete have arrested six people allegedly involved in an antiquities smuggling operation.

and a marble sculpture believed to depict a child’s head. All are thought to date from various periods of ancient Greek history and will be assessed by a state archaeological service.

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