Archaeologists in Bulgaria uncovered a nearly 7-foot statue of the ancient Greek god Hermes during a dig this week.

In the third part of its series classical cultures, the Getty Museum looks at Thrace, a territory of tribes that sat between ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Work to lay natural gas pipelines near the foot of the Acropolis has uncovered an ancient marble statue of a young man buried almost upright in a brick-lined pit.

A show traveling to North American museums in 2025 will bring the Torlonia Collection stateside for the first time in its 200 ...

Archeologists uncovered a heroon—a funerary monument to an Ancient Greek hero—near the modern Greek city of Aigio in the Peloponnese. Located in the ancient city of Rypes (initially settled by the ...

Archaeologists in Greece have uncovered a magnificent ancient building adorned with marble lion sculptures and a treasure ...

Archaeologists in Greece have unearthed a heroon filled with gold jewelry, offering a glimpse into the lives of the ancient ...

An archaeological excavation in Greece has revealed the remains of an ancient monumental building replete with marble lion sculptures and intriguing gold artifacts, among other finds. The dig ...

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Labourers digging a ditch to lay gas pipes in Athens uncovered an ancient marble statue and Roman-era archeological objects, ...

Archaeologist Kathleen Martinez, from the Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña in the Dominican Republic, said she believes the marble bust depicts Cleopatra VII, making it one of the few ...

Athens (AFP) – Labourers digging a ditch to lay gas pipes in Athens uncovered an ancient marble statue and Roman ... referring to a famous sculpture of the Greek god Hermes.