Discovered in 1900 within an ancient Greek shipwreck, the Antikythera Mechanism remains one of the most sophisticated artifacts recovered from antiquity. Datable to the first century BCE, this bronze ...

The Parthenon, a mid-5th-century temple atop the hill of the Acropolis, is dedicated to Athena, the Greek deity of wisdom and the patron goddess of Athens. Despite enduring damage, that masterpiece ...

One of the most famous works of art in Florence’s Uffizi Gallery is the Medici Venus, an ancient Greek statue that depicts the goddess of love looking over her shoulder, her arms strategically ...

Panoramic view of the Acropolis. On the bottom right, the Propylaea. On the top of them, the stoa of Braubronia Artemis in “Π” shape, the Chalkotheke and the Parthenon. On the left are the ruins of ...

An unfinished 2,500-year-old Greek temple on Naxos is revealing new secrets about ancient builders, marble quarrying and ...