Sculpture was one of the most important art forms in ancient Greece ... The Discobolus, also known as the Discus Thrower, perfectly exemplifies this sentiment. It depicts an athlete winding ...

Alexander the Great is said to have rejected a colossal project to sculpt Mount Athos, as proposed by his architect and technical advisor, Dinocrates, a project that could have been the eighth wonder ...

Favorite sports included wrestling, javelin, discus throwing, and boxing. Gymnasiums usually consisted of a large exercise yard surrounded by outhouses, such as changing rooms, practice rooms, and ...

A sculpture ... Greek god Apollo during excavations in Philippi, in northwest Greece. In August, construction workers installing underground water pipelines in a town north of Athens uncovered an ...

An ancient Greek statue of a woman seemingly using a laptop has sparked online theories about time travel. Titled “Grave Naiskos of an Enthroned Woman with an Attendant,” the 37-inch marble sculpture, ...

A rare "Corinthian" helmet from ancient Greece will go up for auction in London later this month. Such helmets were iconic of the ancient Greek style of infantry fighting and have become emblems ...

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 on the Greek island of Milos and displayed at the Louvre since 1821, is one of the most famous artworks in the world. Yet relatively little is ...

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 ...