A sculpture of Aphrodite is displayed during an exhibition ... Verity Platt, a professor at Cornell University’s Department of Classics who specializes in Greek and Roman art history and was not ...

Thousands of years ago, Greco-Roman statues offered viewers a multi-dimensional experience that also called to our olfactory senses.

When you think of ancient sculpture, the image that likely ... creating a skewed vision of the history of Greek art and civilisation. Even today, despite overwhelming scientific evidence, the ...

After nearly a century of inattention, the Fountain of Apollo at Versailles was completely restored using 17th-century ...

The Greek municipality of Tenea boasts a rich ancient history—and the archaeological artifacts to prove it. Finds in the region have long hinted at a once-thriving settlement, with the latest ...

The 2,000-year-old Torlonia collection of Roman sculptures, now at the Art Institute of Chicago, has the urgency of the ...

Boxing in ancient Greece originated as a very tough sport, much harder than professional boxing as we know it today.

The Greeks had varied versions of the Egyptian sphinx in their art, replacing the head of the Egyptian sphinx with a typical Greek archaic sculpture head but keeping the same lion body.

It’s been a day packed with sightseeing and lessons in Greek history. Led by our Greek guide, Nanda, we walked to the Acropolis from our hotel. Yes we are getting our steps in, and unlike the ...