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 ...

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 ...

A new book tells the history of the ancient world through women. Here author Daisy Dunn explores what they had to say about their own sexuality – flying in the face of misogynist male stereotypes.

Painted over the enormous midsection of the Dipylon amphora—a nearly 2,800-year-old clay vase from Greece—silhouetted figures surround a corpse in a funeral scene. Intricate geometric patterns zig and ...

A runway filled with ancient history, Dior’s Cruise 2022 collection, titled “Erratum” by Maria Grazia Chiuri at the Panathenaic Stadium, which hosted the 1896 Olympics in Athens and that usually fits ...