The Washington Post19d
Man finds 2,000-year-old Greek statue dumped near trash cans
An ancient marble statue of a woman believed ... For example, Athena, the goddess of war, often wears a helmet and carries a spear and a shield, while Hera is often seen holding a pomegranate ...
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. It was worse for the wear, lacking a head and arms.
Greek Reporter15d
Top Baby Names Inspired by Greek Mythology
The rich pantheon of gods and goddesses from ... Apollo is the name of a Roman and Greek god of sun, light, music, and poetry, as well as medicine and healing. The most widely-known representation of ...
Greek Reporter16d
The Priceless Ancient Greek Treasures of Dion, Macedonia
Archaeological excavations have also revealed a headless marble statue of Hera, the Greek goddess of women ... was built on the southern outskirts of this sanctuary during the Roman period, replacing ...
Wirral Globe10d
Young Reporter Return of the Gods to Liverpool Beatrice Astbury WKGS
The gods and goddesses from ancient Greece have ... have been displayed on such a grand scale. There are statues of Zeus, Athena, Diana, Hera, Artemis, Apollo, Isis, Aphrodite and Ares to name ...
Observer28d
A Roman Statue of Athena Is Unveiled at Wrightwood 659 Ahead of ‘Myth and Marble’ at the Art Institute of Chicago
Yet, against the odds, the Halsted A&A Foundation has managed to secure an extraordinary piece: an early 1st-century CE Roman statue of the Greek goddess Athena. The statue is set to be unveiled ...
The Art Newspaper26d
Ancient Roman statue of Athena goes on public view for first time in more than 200 years
The Halsted A&A Foundation has acquired a 1st-century Roman statue of the ancient Greek goddess Athena. The sculpture, which has remained out of public view for centuries, will be on display ...
BBC24d
Missing goddess statue replaced five decades later
A statue of a goddess that went missing from a visitor ... and architectural resin and is a reproduction of the original Roman marble copy of a Greek statue dating from the 4th Century BC.
Athens Banner-Herald21d
UGA student suggestion to name Earth quasi-moon after Roman goddess wins global contest
In December, more than 10,000 people cast a vote to choose Chilcutt's Cardea – the Roman goddess of doorways and transitions – to be the name for the quasi-moon previously known as (164207 ...
The New York Times29d
After a Naming Contest, Cardea Joins the Celestial Ranks as a Quasi-Moon
The Roman goddess of doorways and transitions won out. By Remy Tumin For thousands of years, Cardea has been known as the Roman goddess of doorways and transitions, a guardian of thresholds.
USA Today19d
2,000-year-old headless statue found in Greece near trash cans, police now investigating
In December, construction workers putting in natural gas pipelines near Athens found a Roman-era statue of the ancient Greek god Hermes buried upright in a brick-lined pit near the Acropolis of ...