The Vatican Museums' Laocoön and His Sons is long considered an exemplar of Hellenistic artistry—but what if it was actually ...

A Danish researcher has just demonstrated that certain Greek and Roman sculptures were scented with perfume. A discovery that revolutionises our sensory picture of ancient art.

Far from Greece's tourist hotspots, this mountain village is a hidden gem worth visiting for its quaint charm, authentic ...

Archaeologists excavating a private property in Florence, Italy, discovered a 20-inch statue of Hercules missing its head, ...

Stunningly and unexpected, virtually all of the selections on view in this exhibition are complete. Co-organized by the Art Institute and Rome-based Torlonia Foundation, it is the first time works ...

Starting with the beginning, Mythos takes the reader through the creation of the world, as told by the Greeks and then ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Greek police officers walk outside the National Gallery, as Nikolaos Papadopoulos, member of parliament of ...

Greek MP Nikolaos Papadopoulos ... “There is no censorship in art,” said Nikitas Kaklamanis, the speaker of Greece’s parliament. The Ministry of Culture “never takes actions of censorship ...

that led the owners to christen the rooms with metal plaques marked with the names of the Greek gods and goddesses from Hercules to Apollo. They hired local architect David Matheny to help with ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Art Schallock, a left-handed pitcher who in 1951 replaced future Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle on the Yankees' roster and had been the oldest living former major leaguer ...

From Vajrapani, called Herakles (Hercules) by the Indo-Greeks, guarding Shakyamuni Buddha to other such statues influenced by Greek art, the material remains of Greek Buddhism can still be found in ...