Rereading the epic in January, I found that the quarrelsome and dysfunctional principals had become an oddly familiar cast of ...

Visitors to the site of Pompeii, the ancient Roman town buried (and so preserved for thousands of years) by the eruption of ...

And it’s easy to understand why: there’s plenty on offer within this monumentally well-preserved town, from jewel-like wall ...

ANALYSIS: New discoveries are overturning the assumptions that used to be made about a woman’s place in society, writes ...

Created by digital artist Juanjo Ortega G., the digital reconstruction depicts a woman who died in her mid-30s during the ...

The artist also drew on wall paintings from the time ... into the face of a woman from a kingdom associated with Helen of Troy—Helen’s sister, Clytemnestra, was queen of Mycenae in legend ...

ART21: Homer’s story of Helen of Troy is such a rich parable of beauty and desire ... is that people often ask “Are these photographs?”—mistaking them for paintings. ANTIN: Well, yes. That’s because I ...

Another painting depicts what archaeologists believe to be Venus and Adonis, echoing themes of love, beauty, and fate that resonate throughout mythological lore. This scene shows Helen of Troy with ...

Sophia Schliemann, wife of Homer-obsessed excavator Heinrich, c 1874,wearing the so-called "Jewels of Helen" from "Priam's Treasure"(both named by self-promoting Heinrich). Found in "Troy Level II ...