King Midas is the stuff of legend. Ancient Greek tales tell of a Phrygian ruler granted the power to turn everything he ...

The funerary stele of Mnesagora and Nikochares, an ancient Greek marble relief from Vari, near Athens,is a stunning example ...

Archaeologists unearth Roman-era sarcophagus showing Greek gods in drinking contest - Find hints at a rare regional ...

An Egyptian goddess with the grace of a feline but the fierceness of a lioness. One of the most important and beloved deities ...

The gods on assuming various forms in this mortal world could in no way escape death They propitiated Ashutosha Shiva and requested his help in keeping death at bay Shiva took the crescent moon from h ...

The Rosetta Stone is a slab of ancient stone that bears identical text inscribed in three different writing systems: ...

The artifacts also display the level of sophistication that prevailed in ancient Egyptian craftsmanship. Alongside the treasure, many statues of gods were also discovered. These idols were also ...

The discoveries include gold-plated beads, eye-shaped amulets and a small statue of three Egyptian gods. Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities A team of Egyptian and French archaeologists ...

Feline figures also adorned Egyptian art in the form of statues and paintings ... a terrifying snake deity who would dare to challenge Ra, the Sun God, into the dark, dangerous Underworld.

Archaeologists have found a white marble statue of a woman wearing a royal crown under the walls of an ancient temple and suspect it may be of the famous Egyptian queen Cleopatra ... A bronze ring ...

Between the third century B.C. and fifth century A.D., worshipers dropped offerings into the spring in hopes their gods would give ... Unistrasi Several bronze snake statues also reemerged ...