It was a true ode to the man’s endurance, courage, and skills. A classical Greek vase showcasing a scene of Pankration, an ancient martial art combining wrestling and boxing. Credit: Marie-Lan Nguyen, ...

A Mycenaean death mask. Credit: Sharon Mollerus / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0 Ancient Greek history is one of the most intensely studied periods of human history, and yet a multitude of mysteries ...

In ancient Greece and Rome ... who authored the study and works as an archaeologist and curator at the Glyptotek art museum in Copenhagen, finds that Greco-Roman statues were often perfumed ...

The Greek municipality of Tenea boasts a rich ancient history—and the archaeological artifacts to prove it. Finds in the region have long hinted at a once-thriving settlement, with the latest ...

The layer with Egyptian and Greek pottery fragments described in the latest study is among several layers that date from after 732 B.C., when records indicate Megiddo was conquered by the Neo ...

right-wing politician vandalized artworks he deemed to be blasphemous in an exhibition of contemporary Greek art. With the aid of an accomplice, the elected official allegedly targeted four ...

A new study presents a different theory, which challenges existing ideas about early class structures April 3, 2025 3:58 p.m. Cool Finds The 3-year-old picked up an ancient Canaanite scarab that ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Greek police officers walk outside the National Gallery, as Nikolaos Papadopoulos, member of parliament of ...

A blockbuster show on King Tutankhamun, the young pharaoh who ruled Ancient Egypt from around 1332-23BC will open at the Hong Kong Palace Museum later this year. The show will bring together ...

Greek MP Nikolaos Papadopoulos was detained after allegedly vandalizing artworks at Athens' National Gallery. Belonging to the ultra-religious Niki party, he considered the pieces blasphemous. The ...

A team of archaeologists in Iraq, led by Sebastian Rey, the British Museum’s curator of ancient Mesopotamia ... Rey tells The Art Newspaper, was “an extremely important period in Mesopotamian ...

By Eleanor Stanford The 2,000-year-old Torlonia collection of Roman sculptures, now at the Art Institute of Chicago, has the urgency of the greatest contemporary art. By Jason Farago Textile ...