While currently a major Mediterranean tourist favourite, Rhodes is uniquely distinguished as the location of the Colossus of Rhodes, a monumental bronze statue of the sun-god Helios, and one of ...

The Colossus of Rhodes lived up to its name. Built over 12 years (c. 294–282 BC), this towering 105-foot (32m) bronze statue of Greek sun god Helios dominated Rhodes Harbour. Crafted by the sculptor ...

Count em! One, two, three - anyway... there are SEVEN wonders of the ancient world, so let's sing along to them in this new Horrible Histories song!

While Attic Greek lost this initial /h/ sound, Ionic preserved it in words like “helios” (ΗΛΙΟΣ ... and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” Morphologically, the Doric version of Greek ...

For centuries, the stark white marble statues of ancient Greece and Rome have stood as timeless symbols of classical beauty.

Ancient Greek and Roman statues didn't originally look like they do now in museums. A new study says they didn't smell the ...

A three-foot statue of the Hindu deity Vishnu had washed ashore. The sculpture was broken in pieces, but experts recognized it as depicting Vishnu in the Janardanaya avatar, one of his 24 divine forms ...

Science has already proven that sculptures from ancient Greece and Rome were often painted in warm colors, and now a Danish study has revealed that some were also perfumed. "A white marble statue ...

have unearthed an incredible marble statue of Hermes, the messenger of Zeus in ancient Greek mythology. Statue fragments of other deities including Eros, Aphrodite, Artemis and Nemesis have also ...