According to ancient Greek mythology, there are five ages known as The Ages of Man, during which time humanity reaches its ...

Aries (The Ram) Aries, the fiery ram, represents the Golden Fleece from Greek ... In Roman mythology, Libra is associated ...

alongside fragments linked to Artemis (goddess of hunting) and Nemesis (symbol of justice). Aspendos (or Aspendus) was an ...

Much like similar derogatory titles “siren” and “fury”, the term “harpy” is derived from a group of monstrous female figures ...

Cecrops, Athens’ first king, banned bloody sacrifices and reformed worship with laws, morality, and symbolic offerings.

In particular, the twelve greatest gods and goddesses in the Roman state religion – called the di consentes – paralleled the gods of Greek mythology. Although they kept Latin names and images ...

In ancient Greece and Rome, statues not only looked beautiful—they smelled good, too. That’s the conclusion of a new study published this month in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology. Cecilie ...

This Roman sculptured head of a goddess was found at Bearsden Roman fort, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, and was picked by Kevin Grant, postgraduate student at the University of Glasgow (Archaeology).