Egypt unveils a striking trove of ancient artifacts as the country tries to boost tourism industry

Archaeologists have unearthed ancient artifacts in Egypt including Pharaonic funerary furniture and a marble head of Greek ...
La Brújula Verde

A Cartouche of Senusret III, a Head of Aphrodite, and the Remains of a Roman Basilica Discovered in Ancient Heracleopolis Magna

Madina, located in the Beni Suef province of Egypt, continues to provide material evidence of its stratified past. The ...
Greek Reporter

Marble Head of Greek Goddess Aphrodite Found at Ancient Heracleopolis in Egypt

Archaeologists uncovered a rare marble head of Aphrodite and other ancient finds at Ihnasya Al-Madina, once known as ...
Greek Reporter

Aphrodite Signified More Than Beauty for the Ancient Greeks

For the ancient Greeks, Aphrodite was about so much more than love and beauty. In politics, business and war, she embodied the natural force ...
The Conversation

Aphrodite signified more than beauty – five other realms in which the Greek goddess also reigned

For the ancient Greeks, Aphrodite was about so much more than love and beauty. In an overarching way, she was the goddess of consensus, as in any interaction between consenting people or groups of ...
National Geographic news

What the cult of Aphrodite reveals about ancient attitudes towards love—and desire

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. The birth of ...