Ancient Greece, the cradle of Western civilization, was responsible for creating five of the seven wonders of the ancient ...

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 ...

An archaeological dig on the island of Paros, renowned for its marble, has discovered an ancient Greek sculpture workshop.

At that time, Italian artists drew on ancient Greek and Roman heritages ... They found (and created) a refined aesthetic, of which white marble statues are a major draw. It was in this way that ...

The recent excavation discovered an “androna”—a social space in Greek houses designated exclusively for men. Researchers also ...

New study claims Ancient Greek and Roman statues were perfumed. © Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg), CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses ...

The myth that the statues of ancient Greece and Rome were white was created over time and upheld in part to serve racist ideologies. But, in reality, ancient works of art were colorful and even ...