Ancient Greece laid the foundations of Western art. Traveling from its sun-splashed isles to the rugged mainland to bustling Athens, we trace the rise of Greek culture.

Is there a reason why we have so little historical evidence about the daily lives of women in ancient Greece that was actually produced ... uphold religious rituals, spin and weave clothing for the ...

Archaeologists recently excavated an ancient workshop on Paros, Greece, revealing unfinished sculptures and intriguing artifacts from the Classical period.

In ancient Greece, wealthy men often gathered for decadent banquets called symposia. Not only an occasion for thinking and philosophizing, the symposium was also a place for enjoying women, wine ...

Ancient Greek and Roman statues were scented, ... History. Ancient Greek and Roman statues often smelled like roses, a new study says. March 25, 2025 1:09 PM ET. By . James Doubek ...

In “The Muse of History” the author focuses on a particular obsession of Western historians over the past three centuries: the ancient Greeks, and to a lesser extent, the Romans, and how both ...