Ancient Athens had its own "Great Wall" like China's, built to stop raids during the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC).

The ecumenical "donation" by the Vatican furthers a campaign to press the British Museum to hand back a collection of ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The Monastery of Panagia Hozoviotissa, carved into ...

In the early 1950s, the great French couturier Christian Dior envisioned a clothing collection inspired by the Acropolis and the beauty of ancient Greek statues. A year later his inspired ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – An ancient Greco-Roman bronze statue that the New York District ... has led experts to believe it depicts an unknown Greek philosopher. The museum bought it in 1986 for $1 ...

Perched on a hillside on Lefkada, an island off the west coast of Greece, the structure has been ... began around the 4th century B.C.E., when ancient Lefkada was experiencing economic prosperity.

The statue was discovered by a local Greek farmer named Yorgos Kentrotas in 1820 in a ruined ancient city on Milos. A French naval officer, Olivier Voutier, happened to be on the island and recognized ...

Pompeii Archaeological Park Two nearly life-size statues have been discovered inside a cemetery in Pompeii, the ancient Roman city destroyed by Mount Vesuvius’ eruption in 79 C.E. Experts think ...