During the construction of a water pipeline on the Greek island of Euboea, workers uncovered a stunning 2,400-year-old mosaic ...

At the bottom of a wide black dish with two handles in red there is a man and woman within a ring of repeating spiral designs. He is nude with a tail and holds the woman's arm while she turns toward ...

The two are portrayed fully dressed for battle with spears and body armor. This intimate view of life in antiquity makes the amphora a unique work of Greek art. The Resting Satyr, or Leaning Satyr, is ...

Gladiator II is now in cinemas, and Ridley Scott’s epic, a sequel to his 2000 Oscar winner, has yielded much comment about its homoeroticism. Certainly there is a strong sense of feminisation. Take ...

Of course, when we think of ancient Rome we always think ... of leisure and luxury and pleasure.” Satyrs have a very specific place in Roman and Greek mythology, a sign of unrestrained ...

Undoubtedly, the foundation of Western civilization is rooted in ancient Greece, and, whether architecture ... placed at the head of the ephemeral Latin Empire that lasted until 1261. The question as ...

More than a century ago, the scientist Alfred Wegener proposed the notion of an ancient supercontinent ... The word "Pangaea" comes from the Greek "pan," which means "all," and "gaia" or "Earth ...

Our favorite titles of the year resurrect forgotten histories and examine how the United States ended up where it is today Meilan Solly The intact burial—unearthed on this day in 1922 ...

The first year, students would have learned the Quechua language, which was largely spoken by the elites. Then they would have learned quipu, the ancient art of knotting, as well as spending ample ...

While ancient Greece is one of the best known cultures ... the Mediterranean suffered a societal and political collapse. The Greek iron ages occurred within this period. But, because of the ...