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British Museum to Loan Ancient Greek Meidias Hydria to Greece
The British Museum has decided to loan the Meidias Hydria, an ancient Greek vase dating back to 420 BC, to the Acropolis Museum in Athens, Greece. This move marks the first time in 250 years that the vase, a...
Ancient Greece
Ancient Greek Female Artists: The Feminine Aesthetic in Antiquity
In antiquity, the pursuit of the divine arts was a purely male aesthetic practice. Yet, there were also a few important Ancient Greek female artists. It was only much later that historians began to consider their work as not...
Ancient Greece
World Animal Day: Like Us, the Ancient Greeks Loved Their Dogs
Ancient Greeks had a great love and respect for their dogs, cherishing them as companions, protectors, and hunters.
Ancient Greece
Did the Amazons Really Exist in Ancient Greece?
The fierce, fearsome, war-loving female warriors known as Amazons existed in ancient Greece, according to American historian Adrienne Mayor.
The Stanford University historian's book The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women Across the Ancient World, reveals that such women...
Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece and Africa Share Long History
Africans and Ancient Greeks had long, rich history together often reflected in the depiction of Africa in Ancient Greek art. The first contact between Greeks and Africans was sometime during the Bronze Age. At this time, the Minoan culture...
Ancient Greece
Why Are Most Ancient Roman Statues Headless?
The ravages of time have not been kind to many ancient Roman statues. Indeed, many of these Classical sculptures were discovered centuries later in various states of disrepair, often without their heads!
However, there may be other explanations for the...
Ancient Greece
Vapheio Gold Cups are Masterpieces of Ancient Greek Art
The pair of stunning gold cups, called the "Vapheio Cups," are considered masterpieces of ancient Greek art. The expertly crafted gold objects were found at the Vapheio tholos tomb in Lakonia, Greece in the late nineteenth century.
The pair of...
Archaeology
Archaeologists Find Pompei Frescoes Depicting Greek Gods
Archaeologists recently found two more houses in Pompei containing frescoes of Greek gods and human remains. The eruption of the volcano in 79 A.D. destroyed the cities of Pompei and Herculaneum, but the area continued to be inhabited over the...
Ancient Greece
The Flowering of Athens in the Fifth Century B.C.
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In Athens, the fifth century BC served as a period in which art, literature, and thought flourished, and it ultimately defines our image of Ancient Greece.
by Patrick Garner
In the 21st century, much of what the world thinks of as...
Ancient Greece
Greek Gods Come to Life in Archaeological Finds from Turkey
A recent archaeological discovery in Turkey resulted in the unearthing of dozens of terracotta figurines depicting ancient Greek gods, men, women, and animals.
The artifacts, which are over 2,000 years old, were found in the ancient Greek town of Myra,...