Ancient Greece, the cradle of Western civilization, was responsible for creating five of the seven wonders of the ancient ...

While traveling the Greek world in the 2nd century CE, the geographer Pausanias visited the statue of Zeus at Olympia. The ...

Van Gogh’s painting was inspired by French artist Jean-Francois Millet’s 1860 painting. But he transformed Millet’s ...

Well you’re in luck! These fantasy authors are more than happy to help you make like the Sistine Chapel roof and touch tips ...

When Penelope and Odysseus reunite after twenty years, the Odyssey ends as a love story with two protagonists who fought gods ...

Athens-based independent scholar Demetrius Savvides has shown that in Amphipolis, northern Greece, where the Kastas Monument ...

P onderable orbs! Magical walking sticks! Strokeable white beards! While all of these things no self-respecting thaumaturge ...

Over the last century or so, a great deal has been said about the god Mithras and his mysteries, which became known to the European world mainly through his Roman cultus during the Imperial Period.

Iris was the Greek goddess of the rainbow, and also served as a messenger of the gods. Iris was a prominent figure in many ancient myths.

This raucous meeting, which took place exactly 1700 years ago, was one of the most important in Christian history.