I n the grand tapestry of human history, ancient art shines as a beacon of creativity, culture, and heritage. Journeying through the annals of time, we are transported to distant civilizations ...

A mix of ancient divinities, Aphrodite was patron over love, beauty, fertility, and war. But the venerated Greek deity has a more complex rise to fame than one might think.

Romantic love was a later invention, but this doesn’t quite capture the whole truth. Ancient authors simply talked about love differently than we do. In ancient Greece, marriage was largely about ...

A pair of ancient tombs featuring paintings of Greek mythological characters, in one of the world’s oldest urban areas, will soon be open to the public. Located in the Israeli coastal city of ...

The paintings are the latest discovery from the ancient city. Pompeii Sites/Silvia Vacca. The extraordinary images that emerged from ash show Dionysian followers dancing and hunting, which are ...

Wall paintings discovered in 1,700-year-old vaulted tombs situated in the vicinity of Ashkelon’s marina are currently being made accessible to the public, Israel’s Antiquity Authority ...

According to an ancient Greek myth, all those who had fallen in love with the young man Narcissus were met with contemptuous rejection. On a hunting trip, Narcissus stopped to drink from a pond ...

Greek vessels including the amphora, kylix and krater were functional but also could be elaborate works of art. By Ron Bechtol on Sun, May 4, 2025 at 9:15 am ...