For 2,600 years, a lonely statue has stood at the south edge of a small valley in the midwest of Turkey ... “Much depends ...

The New Arab revisits the ancient cities of the Middle East, highlighting the destruction caused by war, looting, and neglect ...

Enjoy exclusive events, unlimited access to exhibitions and the Members' Room, plus discounts in the Museum shops, cafés and restaurants. Whether you explore the galleries or the new Silk Roads ...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art surveys 150 years of Black artists turning to ancient Egypt.

Several decades ago, a national park was declared for some fifty square miles surrounding Troy and UNESCO declared it a World ...

We bring to you 20+1 fun facts and a few little secrets about Greece that most people, even in Greece, may not know.

Greek statues are admired worldwide for their extraordinary beauty, but do they truly reflect the actual appearance of the ...

Vatican City, The Pantheon and Vatican Museums: 3 of the most interesting places to visit while staying in Rome.

In Greek mythology, the Titan ruler Kronos fears ... According to that legend, at least. Ancient Romans had their own origin story involving Hercules. In Book 9 of Ovid’s Metamorphoses, the ...

While ancient Greece is one of the best known cultures of antiquity, there are no surviving historical narratives covering events between 1200 and 760BC. This period has traditionally been viewed ...

A 1,700-year-old school with walls covered in Greek text referring to a passage from Homer’s ‘The Odyssey’ is located in the ancient town of Trimithis, now called Amheida, in Egypt’s western desert. A ...

Greek cultural heritage shines in China with ‘The Countless Faces of Beauty’ exhibition, featuring 279 ancient artifacts ... reunification of the Parthenon Sculptures in Athens.