In modern times, when we hear the name Hermione, we likely think of Hermione Granger, the witch from J.K. Rowling’s popular book series Harry Potter, or perhaps the character in Shakespeare’s play The ...

But what were the ancient Greek Dark Ages? What were their effects, what caused them, and how did they end? Terracotta container from the eighth century BC, displaying the Geometric art of the Dark ...

At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, ...

Such helmets were iconic of the ancient Greek style of infantry fighting and have become emblems of the ancient world. The Apollo Art Auctions company, which is auctioning the item, said the ...

New research has uncovered the earliest traces of lead contamination caused by human activities, linking the development of ancient metal ... later Eli Wizevich The Greek document details a ...

The Venus de Milo, a celebrated ancient statue found ... by the Museum of Cycladic Art and the Ephorate of Antiquities of Cyclades, a regional office of the Greek ministry of culture, with the ...

The British Museum should return the ancient treasures to Greece for the sake of art, not nationalism.

The item the woman is interacting with is a shadow box used in ancient Greek funerary practices. The statue shows a deceased woman reaching for the shadow box held by her attendant, a common motif in ...

WASHINGTON — Ancient Greece produced the earliest records of democracy, western philosophy — and, it turns out, lead pollution. Researchers studying sediment cores recovered from mainland ...

The Halsted A&A Foundation has acquired a 1st-century Roman statue of the ancient Greek goddess Athena ... beginning 25 January at the Chicago art space Wrightwood 659. Before it became Halsted ...

Discoveries of ancient artifacts are relatively common in Greece, often unearthed during construction projects. A headless statue believed to be 2,000 years old has been found inside a black ...

We have encountered a fascinating social media map that illustrates the Greek world through archaeological discoveries. This map, created by a user on Google Maps, spans the Iberian Peninsula to India ...