The ancient Greek statue of Apoxyomenos is an ancient Greek bronze statue depicting an athlete scraping dust from his body ...

Greek mythology is prominent in art dating from antiquity through to the renaissance and even in contemporary artwork. During ...

The first thing people tend to do when they talk about Rome is moan about it. “It’s full of tourists,” they cry. “The Trevi ...

History books can only cover so much, and most of us haven’t cracked one open since we were in college. But if you want to ...

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a Roman-era thoroughfare and ancient water and drainage systems. Many of the artifacts are on display along the underground network. The statue handed in to police on Saturday was a little worse ...

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 ...

The headless statue of a woman was found in a bin bag in Thessaloniki. Credit: AP A marble statue believed to be more than 2,000 years old has been found abandoned in a bin bag near the Greek city ...

In December, workers installing natural gas pipelines near Athens uncovered a Roman-era statue of Hermes buried upright in a brick-lined pit near the Acropolis. Thessaloniki weeks ago unveiled a trove ...

This undated handout photo provided by the Greek Police and released on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025 shows a marble statue of a woman believed to be more than 2,000 years old which was found abandoned ...

In December, workers installing natural gas pipelines near Athens uncovered a Roman-era statue of Hermes buried upright in a brick-lined pit near the Acropolis. Thessaloniki weeks ago unveiled a ...