Greek Reporter15h
Ancient Life-Size Mural of Trojan War Hero Achilles Discovered in France
Archaeologists in France uncovered fragments of a 2nd-century CE life-size mural of Greek hero Achilles in a Roman home near Reims, France.
Ancient marble statue found during Greek road works
Labourers digging a ditch to lay gas pipes in Athens uncovered an ancient marble statue and Roman-era archeological objects, ...
The Art Newspaper15d
Fit for a king: Egyptian museum in Turin unveils new galleries for monumental ancient sculptures
Taken together, the work feels like a fittingly stirring reconfiguration of what is one of the greatest repositories of ancient Egyptian art outside of Egypt, and one that speaks to the complexity ...
Greek Reporter16d
Greek Modernist Tsarouchis’ Painting Sets New Record at Paris Auction
His style was both distinctly modern and yet distinctly Greek and featured elements of ancient Greek art, Byzantine painting and European modernism. As his work contains many homoerotic elements, ...
The Phnom Penh Post20d
ANA completes restoration of ancient ‘Makara’ sculpture
The Apsara National Authority (ANA) has successfully completed the restoration of the head of a Makara sculpture, part of an ancient drainage system, located at the dam in Siem Reap province’s Teuk ...
The Argus22d
People say new Chichester sculpture looks like a poo
"This particular sculpture reflects the site’s rich Bronze and Middle Age history. While the reserve was being created, archaeologists found periwinkles in the remains of an ancient medieval ...
Mental Floss27d
Horns Aplenty: The Ancient Greek Origins of the Cornucopia
In Greek mythology, the Titan ruler Kronos fears ... According to that legend, at least. Ancient Romans had their own origin story involving Hercules. In Book 9 of Ovid’s Metamorphoses, the ...
Discover Magazine29d
What Education Looked Like for These 5 Ancient Societies
Then they would have learned quipu, the ancient art of knotting, as well as spending ample time studying religion. And the final year would have been spent studying things like history, astronomy, ...
Phys.org29d
Ancient Greece's cultural rise started a century earlier than previously thought—new research
While ancient Greece is one of the best known cultures of antiquity, there are no surviving historical narratives covering events between 1200 and 760BC. This period has traditionally been viewed ...
Newsweek29d
Secret Meanings of Ancient Amazon Rock Art Revealed
In collaboration with Indigenous elders and ritual specialists, archaeologists have shed light on the meaning of ancient rock art from the Amazon rainforest in a study. A trio of researchers has ...
The Conversation29d
Ancient Greece’s cultural rise started a century earlier than previously thought – new research
Trevor Van Damme receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. While ancient Greece is one of the best known cultures of antiquity, there are no surviving ...