Many significant ancient Greek temples are found not only in Greece but also in other countries that were once part of the ancient Greek world ...
The months of the year are named after Roman words - including 'June' from the goddess Juno, 'July' from Julius (Caesar) and 'August' from Augustus (Caesar). Ancient Rome has also influenced the ...
While the “frivolous East” may have been happy to venerate men as though they were gods, the serious men of the Roman Republic ... was named June for the goddess Juno Regina.
It was the name of the Roman goddess of the sunrise ... However, according to some ancient Roman almanacs, January is really named after Juno, queen of the Roman pantheon. A French name meaning "hope, ...
Much like similar derogatory titles “siren” and “fury”, the term “harpy” is derived from a group of monstrous female figures ...
Nyx is the is the Ancient Greek goddess of the night.  Unlike her sister, Eos, the goddess of the Dawn, Nyx is a mysterious ...
In ancient Greece and Rome ... texts mentioned anointing statues of Greek and Roman deities—including one depicting Artemis, the Greek goddess of wild animals, in Sicily. Statues of rulers ...
A life-sized statue has been discovered in Pompeii of an ancient Roman woman thought to have ... a priestess in a cult dedicated to Ceres, the goddess of fertility, agriculture and crops, from ...
The ‘Ted Lasso’ star also remains in negotiations to reprise her role on the soccer comedy. By Rick Porter Television Writer Temple remains in negotiations to reprise her role as Keeley Jones ...
Now, for the second time in what is already proving to be a landmark year for the study of ancient Egypt ... the walls of the entrance reference the goddesses Isis and Nephthys, but the name ...
Instead, the archaeologists — budding and not — last summer uncovered what may be the oldest existing example in the ancient Roman world of a mikvah, a Jewish ritual bath. They have ...