To pass the time the ancient Greeks played various board and dice games which have been attested to in various sources.

The history of art has been rewritten after archeologists unearthed an astonishing 3,500 year old carving of an ancient Greek battle, depicting human bodies in anatomical detail which was thought ...

Such is the conceit of a stunning new exhibition at the Museum of Cycladic Art at Athens, “Chaeronea, 2 August 338 BC: A day that changed the world,” and it is a convincing one. The exhibit throws the ...

Greece’s timeless art: Golden Age temples, alluring Venuses, and exuberant Winged Victory. Ancient Greece laid the foundations of Western art. Traveling from its sun-splashed isles to the rugged ...

A miniature masterpiece carved on an ancient seal stone is changing ideas about art history. Jack Davis helped discover the Pylos Combat Agate in Greece and tells Scott Simon why it's so important.

Examine the ancient Greek slave classes and their role in maintaining the economy. How they were represented in art and ...

The Terracotta Warriors, along with other life-size sculptures built for the First Emperor of China, were inspired by Greek art, new research indicates. About 8,000 Terracotta Warriors, which are ...

The history of art has been rewritten after archeologists unearthed an astonishing 3,500 year old carving of an ancient Greek battle, depicting human bodies in anatomical detail which was thought ...