A Danish researcher has just demonstrated that certain Greek and Roman sculptures were scented with perfume. A discovery that revolutionises our sensory picture of ancient art.

Traditional Greek costumes, some dating from the era of the 1821 War of Independence, have been brought alive by contemporary ...

The only surviving funerary relief of the ancient Greek world depicting twin babies in the same arms was unveiled in Athens.

SOME places in Greece feel almost inevitable in their beauty, as if nature itself conspired to make them timeless. The southwestern tip of Skiathos is one such place—where emerald forests tumble into ...

But, in reality, ancient Greeks and Romans embraced bold colors, which archaeologists call “polychromy.” Brightly hued paints ...

New research is shedding light on the bouleuterion building that once stood in the ancient city of Teos, located in ...

Thousands of years ago, Greco-Roman statues offered viewers a multi-dimensional experience that also called to our olfactory ...

For centuries, the stark white marble statues of ancient Greece and Rome have stood as timeless symbols of classical beauty.

The myth that the statues of ancient Greece and Rome were white was created over time and upheld in part to serve racist ...

Greek Parliament Member Nikolaos Papadopoulos targeted and damaged artist Christophoros Katsadiotis’s works, decrying them as “blasphemous.” ...

Many museums around the world are filled with marble statues from ancient Greece and Rome. Some viewers recognize that these works of art were not originally displayed in their glistening white form, ...

Steve Krikris' documentary traces the transformation of Mykonos from a hippie paradise to a notorious party island and ...