Ancient Greek general Phocion, elected 45 times for his leadership, achieved major military triumphs but met a tragic end.

A recent analysis by archaeologist Nicoletta Antognelli Michel of the Technical University of Darmstadt has led to a groundbreaking interpretation in the field of Mycenaean iconography. Her research s ...

Then, a statue of Emmeline Pankhurst, the suffragette leader, in Manchester got the Just Stop Oil treatment on Saturday 26 ...

From narrowly avoiding being eaten by his father as a baby to seducing mortal women as a swan or a bull, there were some ...

The division of the population into distinct social classes varied across different city-states, kingdoms and polities in ...

Tucked away in the medieval manuscripts of the works of Lucian, the scintillating Greco-Syrian satirist of the second century ...

An archaeological site has yielded further evidence that a matriarch once commanded the ancient Moche civilization ... adds to growing evidence that women held positions of authority in Moche ...

A sculpture depicting a woman wrapped in a sheet and bound with rope has been criticized as “misogynistic” by a local councillor. Ariadne (Wrapped), created by artist Gavin Turk, was unveiled outside ...

Paramount-owned U.K. broadcaster Channel 5 has acquired premium history docuseries “Seven Wonders of the Ancient World ... of Halicarnassus and the Statue of Zeus at Olympia.

The artwork, which depicts the Greek goddess Ariadne ... to the city to be greeted by the statue at the station. She told the BBC: “I think about all the women in so many countries who are ...

Recent archaeological discoveries are leading to a radical revision by scholars of the intensity, scale and importance of ...

A quick glance at any artwork from Ancient Greece gives an idea of the almost religious importance of nudity, and if we ...