ATHENS, Greece - The life-sized marble statues of two ancient Greek goddesses have emerged during excavations of a 5,000-year-old town on the island of Crete, archaeologists said Friday.

The hometown of China’s terra-cotta army boasts two new statues that are rapidly becoming famous, to the chagrin of the college that commissioned them. They depict Athena, Greek goddess of ...

Two life-sized marble statues of ancient Greek Goddesses have been discovered during excavations of a 5,000-year-old town on Crete, archaeologists said Friday.

The story of how Athens, one of the oldest cities in the world, attained its current name is a foundational tale of Greek mythology.

The life-sized marble statues of two ancient Greek goddesses have emerged during excavations of a 5 000-year-old town on the island of Crete. The works, representing the goddesses Athena and Hera ...

The ancient Greek statues were assumed to be spotlessly white, but a new study reveals that the Parthenon Sculptures once burst with color. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...

We'll track the evolution of Ancient Greek art from its stiff and awkward beginnings to statues that set the standards of beauty for Western civilization and inspired high culture to this day.

The Halsted A&A Foundation has acquired a 1st-century Roman statue of the ancient Greek goddess Athena. The sculpture, which has remained out of public view for centuries, will be on display ...

Sotheby’s hoped that Athena might be knocked down between $600,000 and $900,000. It quadrupled the highest expectations as it made $4,114,500 with the sale charge.

An ancient Roman statue of Athena, unseen for almost 300 years, is resurfacing in Chicago. The 1st-century C.E. sculpture of the Greek goddess was acquired by Halsted A&A Foundation in 2023, as ...