The world of archaeology and art is often filled with thrilling discoveries, but few match the sheer surprise and sere ...

Ancient statues have also been found in trash before in other parts of Europe. In 2023, a Roman-era statuette of Venus was ...

It is renowned for its golden-white color and is particularly noted for its use in ancient Greek architecture and sculpture. Perhaps the most famous example of Pentelic marble is the Parthenon on ...

A headless and armless small marble Greek sculpture from the Hellenistic period turned up in the trash in Thessaloniki.

On the evening of Jan. 18, a 32-year-old Greek man went to the police with an unusual object that he said he had found in a ...

Color was a critical aspect of the ancient Greek and Roman worlds. The "Chroma" exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum inspired this course. We will look closely at polychromy of ancient marble ...

An ancient statue dating to the Hellenistic era was found in a black bag next to garbage bins in Greece's northern city of ...

The statue, believed to be from the Hellenistic period, is currently being held by authorities for forensic testing. Discoveries of ancient artifacts are relatively common in Greece, often ...

Police in Greece said Wednesday they were investigating how an ancient Greek statue came to be dumped in a black plastic bag near dustbins in the northern city of Thessaloniki.

Stunning. You can find out a lot about Ancient Greece from the buildings, sculptures, and works of art. They show the places we lived and worked and worshipped; and the type of items we used in ...