Did you know that ancient sculptures were once richly coloured? Researchers have known about this for centuries, but the general public remains largely unaware.

Greek-born sculptor George Petrides presented Greece's UN representative with a sculpture of an ancient Greek female figure ...

The cast-bronze sculpture, which has been on display at the entrance to the Met’s Greek and Roman galleries since 1999, was previously in the collection of the Archaeological Museum of Olympia.

This pair of larger-than-life bronze sculptures, created around 460-450 BCE, depict two ancient Greek warriors. The sculptures are magnificent examples of the sculptor’s ability to display detai ...

which have cuttings meant to hold bronze statues in place by means of lead plugs”, says Seth Pevnick, the museum’s curator of Greek and Roman art. “So, we were able to compare the physical ...

The cast-bronze head of a griffin was bequeathed to ... as we pursue our shared commitment to fostering knowledge and appreciation of Greek art and culture among our millions of yearly visitors.” ...

By Graham Bowley The Metropolitan Museum of Art is returning to Greece the bronze head of a griffin ... often used as votive gifts dedicated in Greek sanctuaries from the eighth to the sixth ...

Metropolitan Museum of Art New York ... millennia ago, cast-bronze griffin heads were commonly used to adorn large ceremonial cauldrons that served as votive gifts in Greek sanctuaries.

Greece said it has recovered from New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art a 2,600-year-old bronze artefact stolen from ancient Olympia in the 1930s. The Greek culture ministry in a statement said ...