The practice of perfuming statues was deeply rooted in the religious and cultural rituals of ancient Greece and Rome. Texts ...

It might not be widely known but the ancient Greeks placed great importance on the way they looked and therefore their physical beauty.

Ancient Greece laid the foundations of Western art. Traveling from its sun-splashed isles to the rugged mainland to bustling Athens, we trace the rise of Greek culture.

According to the ancient Greeks, for healings one had to turn to the gods, and to Asclepius in particular. Asclepius was the son of the god Apollo and a married woman named Coronis.

The Thesmophoria were a religious festival in ancient Greece honoring Demeter and her daughter Persephone, goddesses of agriculture and fertility. Held annually, mostly coinciding with the planting of ...

Followers of the 12 Greek Gods, who, according to mythology, ruled the Ancient World from Mount Olympus, have cast a thunderbolt at their Orthodox opponents. After successfully staging a landmark ...

A PHOTGRAPH FROM THE RUINS OF ANCIENT GREECE. By Prof. TAYLER LEWIS, ... It was inhabited by men of the same race, with the same language, traditions and religion; men of surpassing courage, ...