Magic in the ancient Greek world appears predominantly in its mythology with certain gods and demigods who performed magic.

Graffiti is something we are very familiar with, but how many of us know that this form of art was widely spread in ancient ...

So many of our modern customs stem from long forgotten ancient rituals. That includes birthday cakes, which carried deeper ...

Ancient Greece was never just the sun-scorched peninsula we outline on modern maps. At its height, Hellenic civilization stretched from the shores of Spain to the eastern edges of Persia, planting ...

More than a century after its initial discovery, the only known amphitheater on the Ionian Islands is finally seeing the light of day. Perched on a hillside on Lefkada, an island off the west coast of ...

The latest ancient Greek archaeological find to cause a stir is a Hellenistic marble workshop, discovered during a dig on Paros, part of the Cyclades island group in the Aegean Sea. You might not know ...

Public spectacles in ancient Greece consisted especially of athletic competitions and theatrical performances which served to strengthen ancient Greek citizens’ sense of belonging in Greek culture and ...

A group of women come out from behind a banner placed in front of a small cave, dressed in white ceremonial robes. Men and women of varying ages are standing in a semi-circle while the women lead a ...

Did the ancient Greeks and Romans experience Alzheimer's? Medical texts from 2,500 years ago rarely mention severe memory loss, suggesting today's widespread dementia stems from modern environments ...

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Researchers have known for many years that there was more to ancient Greek and Roman statues than the plain white marble you typically see in museums. A few years ago, museum visitors in New York City ...