New research is uncovering a richer, more complex picture of women's roles as wives, priestesses, and scholars in ancient Greece. A woman places her robe in a chest in a fifth century B.C. Greek ...

ATHENS, June 28 (Xinhua) -- Costumes worn by the Minoans and Mycenaeans of the Bronze Age in ancient Greece were brought to life during an experimental workshop at the National Archaeological Museum ...

A woman’s place has never been just in the home — not even in ancient Greece. The proof is in an exhibit at the Onassis Cultural Center titled “Worshiping Women: Ritual and Reality in Classical Athens ...

A wall of sealing stones was removed to reveal the robe-covered bodies of two caryatids. Archaeologists have uncovered the expertly crafted robes of two female stone statues standing guard at the ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. It looks, to the casual visitor, like there has been a gender-based coup in the cultural centres of Athens.

Archaeologists have uncovered the expertly crafted robes of two female stone statues standing guard at the entrance of a huge Macedonian tomb, dating back to the era of Alexander the Great,under ...