How did the Greeks explain the fact that their gods no longer interacted much with humans during the historical era?

This is the story of the Temple of Olympian Zeus, an attraction of Athens that was once among the largest temples of the ...

Vindolanda may not be a name you’re familiar with, but you’ll probably have heard of the place it's found: it’s a fort on ...

Here’s a far fetched notion: for most of human history, humans used to worship gods who fought, fell in love, and even had favorite cities. Zeus might have thrown lightning bolts, but he was not ...

Leo is the Latin word for "lion," as well as being a summer zodiac sign for babies born from late July to late August.

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Archaeologists have unearthed a 1,700-year-old marble sarcophagus depicting Greek gods Hercules and Dionysus in a drinking contest. The rare artefact, dated to the second or third century AD, was ...

The Appian Way Regional Park in Rome announced its recent farewell to a "beautiful" stone head dating back to antiquity. It was discovered during the excavation of a fifth-century basilica.

Speaking of Greek mythology-obsessed middle schoolers, “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is right up their alley. Yet, given that the original Rick Riordan book series came out in 2005, the ...

Ancient Greek and Roman statues didn't originally look like they do now in museums. A new study says they didn't smell the same, either.