Texts from Cicero, Callimachus, and other ancient writers describe how statues were anointed with fragrant oils and ointments ...

Artemis is generally known as the ancient Greek goddess of hunting; however, she was a deity with various cults associated ...

Ancient Greek and Roman statues didn't originally look like they do now in museums. A new study says they didn't smell the same, either.

Greco-Roman sculptors created artworks with more than just visual beauty in mind, and strove to indulge all of the senses in their masterpieces. According to new research, this also included the sense ...

An incredible marble statue of Hermes, the messenger of Zeus, along with statue fragments of other ancient Greek deities have been unearthed in Turkey.

Cypriot officials announced the recent excavation of a long-forgotten sanctuary to Apollo, offering insights into ancient rituals and architectural expansions.

Get our newsletter! Text from ancient Greek and Roman writers describes how statues of deities—including Artemis, the Greek goddess of wild animals—were anointed with perfumes.

Baby names inspired by Greek history and mythology are gaining popularity in the US. From Athena to Zeus, there is a name for ...

The discovery of a 2000-year-old headless statue from the Hellenistic period has prompted Greek police to investigate.

The Eretrians’ most sacred place—and one of the most renowned religious sites in the ancient Greek world—was the Sanctuary of Artemis Amarysia.

Excavations on the ruins of a fountain in Aspendos—an ancient Greco-Roman city now located in modern-day Turkey—unearthed a marble statue of the god Hermes.

The statue was lost and destroyed at the end of the 6th century AD, but we know about it because it was shown on a whole lot of ancient Greek coins. Cool! 🏆 QUIZ: Do you know these Greek myths?