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For centuries, depictions of Cleopatra have emphasised her beauty and romantic entanglements – much more so than her ...
The magnificent ancient Greek theaters at Messene and Sicyon in the Peloponnese were centers for drama and culture in ancient times.
Once they have been to Doritos, visitors just keep coming back. 'I only wish I could stop myself, but I can't,' says frequent ...
Pompeii Archaeological Park has unveiled the restored Garden of Hercules , freshly planted with violets, ruscus plants, and ...
Walking across campus, you’ll come across plenty of iconic landmarks such as the towering white cube that is Dana Porter (DP) ...
Spending a weekend in Alexandria? Skip the packed beaches and busy cafés, these museums are calm, underrated gems where you ...
Unless they cause wilful criminal damage, then we should leave statue-climbing protestors to a moral reckoning, like that horny Greek who defiled Aphrodite. We don’t need laws to punish them.
A 22-inch Roman Egyptian statue that stood quietly in the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) for more than three decades is now at the center of an international and cultural repatriation.
The bronze statue, which dates to between 150 B.C. and 200 B.C., was once believed to be of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, but recent testing has led experts to believe it depicts an unknown Greek ...
After an initial evaluation, experts dated the statue to the Hellenistic era between 320 and 30 B.C.E. This period in ancient Greece was known for its legendary art and culture scenes that ...
The statue of Athena had been housed in William Weddell's estate in England since the 1700s. Halsted A&A Foundation. With an owl in the palm of her hand, a cloak adorned with a gorgon’s head and ...
Man finds 2,000-year-old Greek statue dumped near trash cans. Authorities say the statue dates back to the Hellenistic period and are investigating how it ended up among garbage.