In an archaeological first, German researchers have found a depiction of major Assyrian deities carved onto a relief.

For the ancient Greeks, Aphrodite was about so much more than love and beauty. In politics, business and war, she embodied the natural force ...

The Parthenon, a mid-5th-century temple atop the hill of the Acropolis, is dedicated to Athena, the Greek deity of wisdom and ...

Ancient myths and legends have fascinated artists and writers long after the civilizations that produced them collapsed. For ...

The Bailey Smith Experience – an all ages interactive show run by event organiser Entertainment By Vin – will take place at 7pm on Wednesday at The Sphinx Hotel. Managing director Vin Handley ...

An Egyptian sarcophagus shows the sky goddess Nut as being covered in stars and having a dark, undulating curve running through her body. This depiction is thought to illustrate the Great Rift ...

The Great Sphinx of Giza, a 66-foot-tall statue resting ... For the time being, this seems to be the likeliest explanation. The Hunt explores art and ancient relics that are—alas!— ...

This innovative digital representation of the revered sea goddess allows worshippers to engage and interact with her in ways never before imagined. Listen to Story A Taoist temple in Malaysia has ...

A founding member of the bureau’s specialist Art Crime Team, the Oregon-based agent was well-versed in art history — and trained to pose as a would-be buyer, authenticator or dealer of stolen ...

Manhattan’s Metropolitan Museum of Art had a magnificent new treasure from ancient Rome to show its visitors this week: a smooth-limbed, white marble statue of Aphrodite, shown startled at her ...