When the Vatican appointed the sculptor and architect Michelangelo to rebuild St. Peter's Basilica, he based it on the Greek ...

The ancient Greek gods, the immortal characters of Greek mythology, remain a fascination around the world as do their unusual ...

Satyrs were creatures linked strongly with Dionysus, the Greek god of wine, pleasure, and theater. These party-loving, ...

Pieter Brueghel the Elder’s masterpiece captures the folly of humanity’s desire to reach heaven on its own terms.

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In Greek mythology the rod of Asclepius, entwined with a single serpent, symbolizes medicine and healing — an emblem still used in health care today. This stems from the snake's ability to shed ...

God’s hand was on Trump — and to oppose God’s man was to oppose God Himself. For some believers, the line between God and Trump had blurred, and now it is blurrier still, marking a new ...

An art market grew as growing numbers of private ... uncovered a well-preserved 2nd- or 3rd-century marble head of the Greek god Apollo during excavations in Philippi, in northwest Greece.

The goal of Ancient Origins is to highlight recent archaeological discoveries, peer-reviewed academic research and evidence, as well as offering alternative viewpoints and explanations of science, ...

And so, the exhibition tries to introduce the audience to different ways that Pan-Africanist ideas have inspired the work of artists. Q. The Art Institute is co-presenting this exhibition with the ...

A 32-year-old Greek man discovered the artifact in a black ... but it might be a gift that someone has given to the god either to thank them for something or in the hopes of getting some kind ...

Often described as “the most Greek of all the gods,” Apollo was something of a Renaissance man. He entertained Olympus with his lyre, taught humankind the art of medicine, and had no rival in archery.