Buddhism encountered a fascinating fusion with Greek culture in ancient times. Why did this Eastern religion adopt a Greek ...

The Paris museum is reopening the crates of ancient artifacts unearthed in the Palestinian territory. For years, this heritage has been in exile in Geneva due to the conflict with Israel.

Great discovery identifies the Hellenistic monumental complex that exists in Exogi, in the north of the island, with the ...

Exciting new data on the historical and cultural development of Ithaca have emerged at the archaeological site of Homer's ...

He trained in art history at La Trobe University, with an MA in Baroque Art and a PhD in Hellenistic Art. Robert taught in Art, Design, and Architecture at Monash University, where he became ...

Writers as far back as Pliny the Elder had dismissed Hellenistic art as inferior to classical. This Venus, this masterpiece that had arrived to such hope and expectation, appeared not to be an ...

Designs with animal heads, she points out, “are inspired by classical and Hellenistic art, with the workmanship on these usually more intricate, including filigree wire and granulation”.

The huge marble head, measuring 38 centimeters in height, depicts an elderly man with realistic details characteristic of late Hellenistic art. Deep facial wrinkles, a stern expression, and signs of ...

Eight years of it have given her a comfortable income, scrapbooks full of superlatives in three languages and last spring a Guggenheim Fellowship to study Hellenistic art forms in Athens.

The book cover of the series in Chinese. [Photo provided to China Daily] Stewart is coeditor of the fourth volume, From Apollo to Buddha: Hellenistic Art and the Silk Road Arts, which deals with ...