In Padula, Campania, the discovery of nineteen ancient tombs has uncovered valuable artifacts, including a rare diobol coin ...

Greek mythology is prominent in art dating from antiquity through to the renaissance and even in contemporary artwork. During ...

Archaeologists from Selcuk University have uncovered stunning mosaics depicting aquatic animals in the ancient city of ...

The Ancient Graffiti Project, a research team that has included around 70 people over the past several years to locate and study graffiti from the early Roman Empire, has painstakingly documented and ...

Researchers have generated an image of text from inside a scroll that was buried in volcanic ash with the ancient city of ...

Wolverine is one of the most popular and well-known characters in Marvel Comics, and his metal claws have made Adamantium the ...

However, it’s actually a character from ancient Greece that DuBuc sees in ... DuBuc said. “He’s like Hercules, for real.” ...

"They can stay fresh for weeks … which is why they figured so much in the art not only of ancient times but also throughout the Renaissance, right up to the modern period." During the ...

The Sterkfontein excavation site, which exposes the ancient deposits that once formed underground and contain Australopithecus fossils. The fossil-bearing red sediments clearly contrast with the grey ...

Greek mythology is full of the gods’ exploits, and surprising details abound in ancient art. Greek pottery, for instance, illustrates their often bawdy activities. Further, the strange effigies of the ...

Many modern Americans met them in Disney form through 1997’s Hercules. But for sheer darkness and palace ... “The gods are in fact the most powerful work of art created by the Greeks,” wrote Ken ...