The image of Christian Dior's dress set against the ruins of the Acropolis captures the creator's debt to ancient Greek ...

Archaeologists uncovered rare gold treasures and evidence of a Roman river port at Aquileia, revealing the city’s ancient ...

Odysseus: In Greek mythology, Odysseus is a character in The Iliad and the main protagonist of The Odyssey. Petros: Rock, ...

The doubloons, dollars and denarii of the American Numismatic Society will leave their overlooked home in Manhattan for a ...

The story of star-crossed lovers dates back to the myth of Pyramus and Thisbe, as written in Ovid’s epic poem “The ...

This summer a team of archaeologists resumed their work on a site dating back to around 600BC, known for its three ...

In 325, the council hashed out the first version of the Nicene Creed, a statement of faith that millions of Christians still recite each Sunday.

Critics note a shift in the depiction of Hindu gods towards muscular bodies, influenced by Western ideals. Traditionally, ...

Excavations in the Fondo ex Pasqualis site suggest that the southern region once hosted trade and then transformed into a ...

Of the places he had shown me, that was the one that stuck, and some months later, when we began planning a family trip, I ...

Garden ornaments, objects that are part of the garden design, have rich histories, sometimes rivaling the living landscapes ...