In Rome, I was overwhelmed with a rush of boyish enthusiasm. I was setting off across the Mediterranean on a new ship, ...
In the 16th century, the city-republic had one of the world’s largest fleets, with more than 180 ships and 4,000 sailors – exhibits here include model ships from that time, as well as ...
Dolphins in ancient Greece were revered as messengers of the gods and held a divine dimension that has survived through the ...
A stunning fresco discovered in Pompeii depicts a sensual scene of the Roman god Jupiter and Leda, the Greek mythical queen ...
Ancient Greek and Roman statues didn't originally look like they do now in museums. A new study says they didn't smell the ...
has been returned to the Archaeological Museum of Olympia ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece -- New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art has returned an ancient bronze griffin head stolen nearly a century ago ...
As far back as the 8th century B.C.E., the city of Corinth served as the beating heart of the Mediterranean’s commerce. Lechaion, its sea port, was at the very core of its success. A new study ...
The myth that the statues of ancient Greece and Rome were white was created over time and upheld in part to serve racist ideologies. But, in reality, ancient works of art were colorful and even ...
New Shipping has likely become the third Greek ship owner this year to sell a vintage VLCC at a lucrative price. Several ...
The Mediterranean has a long and storied past, and this newly-discovered port has led to a surprising breakthrough in Ancient Greece.
Ancient Greek Orphic hymns also included an invocation, like a prayer for manifestation, at the end of each hymn, while written wishes on lead tablets—buried to bring desires to life—mirror ...
Epicurus, an ancient Greek philosopher who died in 270 B.C., also theorized that there could be other planets like our own, with humans and beasts like us living on them. Ancients Looking Up Into the ...