The new politics of the Parthenon marbles
"The antiquities were 'made in and belong to Greece'" - Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn The Parthenon marbles—once (and still) known...
The Parthenon, banned books, and Nazi Germany—an art installation
The ruins of ancient Greece and Rome have inspired artists in a wide variety of media for centuries. This influence shows up in...
Ancient polychromy? “The pristine whiteness of marble statues is the expectation and thus the classi
For several hundred years the extensive ruins of the Greek and Roman civilizations have awed and inspired tourists, writers, and artists....
"Celebrations of the original Greek (and Roman) love"
National Coming Oud Day represents long-standing efforts to openly celebrate the sexual orientation and gender identity of those in the...
Antikythera shipwreck yields human remains
This Roman-era shipwreck was discovered by divers off the Greek island of Antikythera in 1900. Since then, numerous expeditions have...
“Bright purples, golds, pinks, reds, and blues”
Our modern day view of ancient Greece is somewhat colored (as it were) by the lack of color. But the austerity of the all-white marble...
Mount Lykaion—new evidence from the altar of Zeus
Located in Arcadia, Greece, Mount Lykaion was considered in antiquity to be sacred to Zeus, and the summit eventually contained an altar,...
A 2,000-year-old Olympic record finally falls
At the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the US swimmer Michael Phelps recently broke a 2,000-year-old Olympic record for winning...
“A dolphin under your bed”
Depictions of dolphins in ancient mosaics, on frescoes, on ceramic vessels differed drastically from one civilization to another,...
A lead “dolphin” in ancient maritime warfare
Archaeologists re-exploring the shipwreck Antikythera—where years ago the famous Antikythera mechanism was found—recently found a lead...