Archaeologists in Crete unearthed an animal statue in Gortyna, revealing details about ancient Greek art and urban life.
Truffle hunting in Greece has gained popularity in recent years, especially in regions rich in forests and suitable habitats.
Prehistoric cave paintings; Egyptian pyramids and temples; classical Greek statues. As the Ice Age glaciers melted, European civilization was born—and with it, so was art. From the Stone Age came ...
Archaeologists have unearthed a 2,000-year-old statue of the Roman God Hercules at the site of the ancient Greek city of Philippi in Northern Greece. Philippi has long been believed to be one of the ...
“It was very important to me that this object meets both the high standards of quality that the CMA holds dear and that it has a very long and well-documented modern history,’’ Pevnick said. The ...
New discoveries related to works of art in ancient Greece and Rome continue to be unearthed. A Danish study published in the ...
In recent decades, classical scholarship has shown that contrary to the gleaming white aspect they bear today, Greco-Roman statues and temples were flamboyantly painted. Cecilie Brøns, a researcher at ...
Researchers have known for many years that there was more to ancient Greek and Roman statues than the plain white marble you typically see in museums. A few years ago, museum visitors in New York City ...
Art collector Dakis Joannou’s DESTE Project Space Slaughterhouse on Hydra is topped with a sculpture by Jeff Koons. Photo by Catherine Panchout/ Sygma via Getty Images For the past many years, the ...
A team including the Greek government and Microsoft used thousands of images, as well as archaeological research, to reconstruct ancient Olympia. The Greek Ministry of Culture and Sports, together ...