Most Ancient Greek philosophers were focused on how to live a good life and the pursuit of happiness, or eudaimonia, as they called it in Greek. But...

Ancient Greece, long envisioned as a realm of pure white marble, is now revealed to have been vibrantly colorful. Scientific analysis of the Parthenon...

When you think of ancient Greece in the dark of night, what do you visualise? You are likely imagining a land that is full of white marble. This comes...

New research says that ancient Oaxaca‘s ritual transformation practices were not theatrical performances but genuine shifts in identity rooted...

The so-called stepped pyramid of Amphion in Thebes, Greece, remains one of the most mysterious monuments of ancient Greece, challenging long-held...

The Lion of Kea, an Archaic-era sculpture seemingly growing out of the bedrock on the island of Kea in the Cyclades, poses one of the most puzzling...

Leonard A. Lauder's monumental gift of his Cubist art collection to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2013 transformed private treasures into public...

The ancient Greek city of Corinth was not just renowned across the ancient world for its wealth and cosmopolitan atmosphere. It was infamous for its...

“Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.” With this simple line, Pablo Picasso opens a door into the private world of an artist’s mind....

Statue of Alexander the Great in Thessaloniki. Credit: Nikolai Karaneschev, CC BY 3.0/Wikipedia Commons Alexander the Great, who lived from July 356...