Behind the myth of the Minotaur lies the ancient Minoan civilisation – a culture steeped in ritual, rich in symbolism, and ...

Griffins, the unique mythological creatures with the head of an eagle and the body of a lion, were often mentioned in ancient Greek plays ...

Research suggests the Bronze Age Santorini fresco monkeys may depict Indian langurs, revealing connections between Greece and Asia.

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Ancient Egyptian Coffin Paintings Suggest Awareness of Milky Way Representations of the Egyptian sky goddess Nut on 3,000-year-old coffins shows evidence of the galaxy being accurately represented.

At some point before the year 200 A.D., workers demolished a building in the ancient Roman city of Londinium, and much like ...

From ancient Minoan courts and Persian gardens to Roman aqueducts and modern plazas, fountains have been more than just ornamental — they've been sacred, social, symbolic, and of late, cooling ...

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Though researchers have evidence that the Romans painted on materials like wood and ivory, most of the art that survived is in the medium of “ fresco ”—a method where pigment is applied to ...

Archaeologists are piecing together vivid 1,800-year-old frescoes from “thousands upon thousands upon thousands” of plaster fragments, with no picture on the box to guide them.

Originally constructed in 1242, the church was remodeled and restored several times, perhaps most famously between 1690 and 1693 when the interiors were decorated with fresco paintings of scenes ...