Greece's Delphi oracle is the inspiration behind an immersive art installation by data artist Charles Sandison that's aimed at encouraging a deeper understanding of history and a greater appreciation ...

Callimachus, the Ancient Greek genius, influenced library organization and the poetic preference for shorter verses over long ...

It’s been a day packed with sightseeing and lessons in Greek history. Led by our Greek guide, Nanda, we walked to the Acropolis from our hotel. Yes we are getting our steps in, and unlike the ...

Much like similar derogatory titles “siren” and “fury”, the term “harpy” is derived from a group of monstrous female figures ...

In the 900 years between those notable moments, Ancient Greek culture shaped contemporary poetry, democracy, philosophy, art, theater, and language. Take Greek mythology, for example: those ...

Homer and his Guide 1874 via Wikimedia Commons Poetry stands as one of humanity’s oldest art ... Greece. Epic poems were ideal for expressing stories orally, which is why they are common in the ...

A groundbreaking study using advanced radar technology has revealed a vast and intricate underground structure beneath the Pyramids of Giza. Scientists Corrado Malanga from the University of Pisa and ...

In ancient Greece and Rome, statues not only looked beautiful ... who authored the study and works as an archaeologist and curator at the Glyptotek art museum in Copenhagen, finds that Greco ...

New discoveries related to works of art in ancient Greece and Rome continue to be unearthed. A Danish study published in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology in March found that statues in antiquity ...