Greek City Times2h
Rare Ancient Greek Armor Unveiled at Melbourne’s Hellenic Museum
BCE hoplite panoply, on loan from Louis Dounis, in its Heroes and Hoplites exhibition—likely Australia’s only display of this ...
Smithsonian Magazine8h
Archaeologists Discover Mosaics of Two Fighting Cupids and a Mysterious Inscription at an Ancient Greek City Hall
New research is shedding light on the bouleuterion building that once stood in the ancient city of Teos, located in ...
ZME Science10h
The Smell of Gods: Ancient Greek and Roman Statues Were Once Not Only Painted But Also Perfumed
For centuries, the stark white marble statues of ancient Greece and Rome have stood as timeless symbols of classical beauty.
Greek Reporter11h
Ancient Greece’s Ionian League: The First Confederation in History
The Ionian League, was a confederation of twelve Ionian Greek city-states located along the coast of Asia Minor.
Chip Chick on MSN14h
Ancient Sculptures From Greece And Rome Used To Be Scented
For centuries, scientists have known that the white marble statues from ancient Greece and Rome were once painted with rich […] ...
Come together: Fine Art lovers look to revive market fortunes at TEFAF Maastricht
Dubbed the greatest art fair in the world, Tefaf, aka, the European Fine Arts Fair, in the charming history laden city of Maastricht is this week home to 273 galleries displaying over 7,000 years of ...
Greek City Times16h
Greece Marks 50 Years of the War Museum with Commemorative Coin
Greece is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the War Museum’s founding with a commemorative coin, honouring those who fought for the nation’s freedom. Established in 1964 and inaugurated in 1975, the ...
Ancient statues were colorful — and perfumed
The myth that the statues of ancient Greece and Rome were white was created over time and upheld in part to serve racist ...
La Brújula Verde18h
The Extraordinary Chigi Olpe: The Oldest Depiction of the Judgment of Paris and the Formation of Hoplite Phalanxes
In 1882, in an Etruscan tomb near Veii, about 16 kilometers north of Rome, a Greek pitcher—an olpe—was discovered. It had ...
Art Seizures at the Met Caused Concern. His Job Is to Address It.
After surrendering scores of art works thought looted, the museum is looking to its new head of provenance research to police ...