Pericles called Athens "the school of Hellas," an education ... to confirm their military predominance over the rest of Greece. Q: The statue must have been astounding. Tell us a little more ...
Among the Kore statues displayed at the Acropolis Museum one in particular stands out for its beauty: Kore number 670.
The Jockey of Artemision is a magnificent surviving statue from Ancient Greece and a rare example of a racehorse in Greek ...
A Greek researcher says evidence shows an ancient robe discovered in a tomb belonged to the legendary Macedonian king.
Athens, Greece, the captivating mix of ancient wonders and modern vibrancy, famous since antiquity, offers something for ...
Perhaps our greatest temple is the Parthenon at the centre of the Acropolis, in Athens. Inside was a 12-metre-high gold and ivory statue of the ... a lot about Ancient Greece from the buildings ...
The colossal gold and ivory statue of the goddess Athena ... were usually only issued in an emergency. Athens, in Attica (a province of central Greece) is the most famous of all ancient Greek ...
U.S. News Insider Tip: Once you're inside the Acropolis Museum, look for the famous caryatids – a collection of marble statues that were ... resides in central Athens' Makrigianni district ...
Then came the statues. Today ... But there are people in both Macedonia and Greece who would prefer to see the process fail. A demonstration in Athens over the weekend attracted a six-figure ...
Also displayed are miniature Roman copies of famous statues and many portrait ... I could go on and on about ancient Greece ...
Recently, the bronze statue, titled Unity of Men and Heaven — Laozi, was unveiled at the National Archaeological Museum of Athens during Wu's visit to Greece. Wu, now director of the National ...