In their new book, Chasing Aphrodite, journalists Jason Felch and Ralph Frammolino tell the story of dozens of illicitly acquired antiquities at one of the world's wealthiest museums. The J. Paul ...

A mix of ancient divinities, Aphrodite was patron over love, beauty, fertility, and war. But the venerated Greek deity has a more complex rise to fame than one might think.

Thousands of years ago, Aphrodite is said to have risen from the sea on the rocky shores of western Cyprus. Later, in 37 B.C., Marc Antony offered the island as a gift to Cleopatra. Indeed ...

Aphrodite, discovered more than a decade ago about 170 km (105 miles) from Limassol, holds an estimated 124 billion cubic metres of gas. NewMed has a 30% stake in the field, while Chevron and ...

For the ancient Greeks, Aphrodite was about so much more than love and beauty. In an overarching way, she was the goddess of consensus, as in any interaction between consenting people or groups of ...

Mardi Gras Krewe of Aphrodite 2022 parade route and start time Aphrodite's web site says it was formed in 1979 as a Mardi Gras organization for professional men and women in the Houma area.