One of the fundamental beliefs of the Ancient Greeks was that their beloved gods were immortal, but were they? How did they ...

Greece is known around the world for many things, one of which is its society’s devotion to the foundational role of family.

The Conversation explores the origins of the long and interesting journey the Easter Bunny has taken from European prehistory ...

After Akhenaten's death his son, Tutankhamun, denounced him and returned ancient Egypt to its previous polytheistic religion.

An ancient Greek statue of Hermes is displayed in the archeological museum in Olympia, Greece, in 2012. The motivation for ...

The ancient Greeks and Romans often doused their statues in perfume, a recent study found. Published in the Oxford Journal of ...

One artifact was popular among Greek aristocrats, suggesting the burial site belonged to someone with high social status, officials said.

Thousands of years ago, Greco-Roman statues offered viewers a multi-dimensional experience that also called to our olfactory senses.

Yarrow is a beautiful flower that shares twin meanings of healing and love. In the language of flowers, Yarrow’s ...

Cicero for example spoke of a ritual treatment of a statue of Artemis ... has found traces of pigments from long-faded paint on ancient Greek and Roman statues, showing that works long assumed ...

a document from Graeco-Roman Egypt that’s written mostly in ancient Greek. This handbook of spells and magic rituals was used by professional magicians dating from the second century BCE to the ...

A major archaeological discovery in Greece reveals that an ancient tomb was transformed into a healing sanctuary. This site, located near Corinth, bears witness to different uses throughout the ages.