The same force that paved the way for the Greek Golden Age sowed the seeds of its political collapse: individualism.

Elephants have been a powerful symbol of wealth and power since ancient times. But how did the symbolic meanings of elephants ...

The British Museum could be on the cusp of agreeing a historic deal to return the Parthenon Marbles to Greece. Its chairman, ...

Konstantine Panegyres reveals what finding love was like in Ancient Greece and Rome - and what lessons we can take into the ...

Off the coast of a Greek island sits the Antikythera shipwreck, a 2,000-year-old wreck with a story that inspired an Indiana Jones movie. From its beginnings as an accidental discovery to the recent ...

Amazons fight Greeks on a terra-cotta lekythos (oil flask) from the fifth century B.C. Amazon battle scenes, known as Amazonomachy, were popular in ancient Greek art. Metropolitan Museum, New York ...

The Parthenon was far more than a temple. It was Athens’ ultimate power move, which combined religion, politics, and economic ...

People know they’re welcome, even without an invitation, so they just come. Locals, foreigners—everyone,” Dakis Joannou told Observer ...

How To Read Greek Sculpture by AA.VV Publication date 2021 Topics Art, History, Sculptures, Greece, Greeks, Hellenistim Collection opensource Language English Item Size 196.0M United States , 2021 ...

Examine the ancient Greek slave classes and their role in maintaining the economy. How they were represented in art and ...

The Greek National Opera has announced its programme for the 2025/26 season, featuring international co-productions, original ...

To tourists, it’s the ancient theater at the foot of the Acropolis. Artists revere it for the majestic stage where legends ...