There's a specific reason why Ancient Greek statues of men have small penises, and it's not because they ran out of rocks ...

Marking the opening of the 2024 Summer Olympic Games this month in Paris ... off (extremely common in the realm of Classical Greek sculpture) but when it was excavated, the head emerged next ...

Editor Annikka Olsen joins the podcast to discuss the long and complex history of the famous 'Discobolus' sculpture ... about the Olympics, the Discobolus, which depicts an ancient Greek athlete ...

A 32-year-old Greek man discovered the artifact ... temple to the love goddess Aphrodite near an Olympic equestrian venue. As for the discarded statue, an investigation has been launched by ...

While these Olympic arts events fell by the wayside after 1948, some creations had unexpected afterlives: the gold medallist for sculpture in Paris 1924, the Discus Thrower by Greek artist Konstan ...

The city of Crotone, a historic jewel of Magna Graecia, is embracing its Greek heritage with the addition of a new, imposing ...

Archaeologists recently excavated an ancient workshop on Paros, Greece, revealing unfinished sculptures and intriguing ...

Did the ancient Macedonians participate in the Olympic Games in which only the Greeks were allowed to compete?

Long before the famous statue existed, the first Olympic Games, part of a festival honoring Zeus, were held in the Greek city-state of Elis in 776 B.C. In ancient Greece, Zeus was the supreme ...

By Christine Hauser On the evening of Jan. 18, a 32-year-old Greek ... the 2004 Olympics and subway system excavations. “This is not the first time” civilians have handed over statues to ...