It might not be widely known but the ancient Greeks placed great importance on the way they looked and therefore their physical beauty.

As the official story of Cleopatra's death goes, the Egyptian queen locked herself in a mausoleum in Alexandria on an August day in 30 B.C.E. and sent for a venomous snake. After she received an asp, ...

The myth was further cemented by Johann Joachim Winckelmann, an influential 18th-century German art historian, who believed ...

The myth was further cemented by Johann Joachim Winckelmann, an influential 18th-century German art historian, who believed ...

For centuries, the stark white marble statues of ancient Greece and Rome have stood as timeless symbols of classical beauty.

Nymphs offer us more than just stories of sexy nature spirits. They can reveal how ancient people thought about their world ...