Greek mythology is prominent in art dating from antiquity through to the renaissance and even in contemporary artwork. During ...

Mount Vesuvius' most famous eruption took place in AD 79. But more than 2,000 years before this, the volcano suffered an even ...

Ancient Greece and Rome may have handed down the image of rosy-cheeked Cupids, but their myths about him explore the messier ...

In the Italian city where James Joyce wrote 'Ulysses,' the bookstore that Jewish poet Umberto Saba opened in 1919 has come ...

A scholar of early Greek classics explains what the myth of the weapon-carrying god of love, Cupid, a child of the gods of ...

The town of Mdina played a huge role in Maltese history. Today, it's hugely popular for its walled Baroque splendor.

Perhaps most recognizable as a Hawaiian hello, Aloha has a far deeper meaning: "love." The word is used in many contexts to ...

The names of foreign places can be filled with an inexplicable magic, as all travellers know, even in an age when this magic ...

For someone who grew up with Bengali and English, learning Japanese is a fresh and bracing experience, writes Baizid Khoorshid Riaz ...

Woodcarving artist Fiona Gazepis  has been captivated by the sacred beauty of wood since childhood where according to her ...