In ancient Athens they celebrated the Spring ... his daughter was more attractive than Aphrodite. When the goddess heard that, she was enraged and decided to retaliate. Using her son Eros (Cupid), the ...

One of the fundamental beliefs of the Ancient Greeks was that their beloved gods were immortal, but were they? How did they ...

Much like similar derogatory titles “siren” and “fury”, the term “harpy” is derived from a group of monstrous female figures ...

As someone who’s spent years researching the economy of Ancient Rome, it all feels a shade familiar. In fact, tariffs were also used in Ancient Rome, and for some of the reasons that governments ...

Italian archaeologists recently unearthed ancient Roman tombs during the excavation of a necropolis – including one bearing the epitaph of a gladiator. The discovery was announced by the ...

The figures appear to represent a married couple. Experts think the woman, who is holding laurel leaves, may have been a ...

Water flows abundantly, almost everywhere: from the Tiber to the fountains and through the ancient aqueducts ... In 1985, Fendi chose Janus, the Roman god of beginnings and ends, as its symbol ...

Madziala In northwest Germany, near the site of the 1,600-year-old Roman military camp Anreppen, archaeologists discovered evidence of an ancient agricultural ... of the Roman god Mercury, which ...