“When it comes to Greek statues, there is a sense of holiness and a pureness to convey a sense of nobility,” he said. “The beauty of mythology ... His aesthetic is marked with high contrast ...

Archaeologists excavating an ancient Roman sewer last week made a spectacular discovery—a nearly complete marble statue of a Greek god. The statue stands about 6 feet 8 inches tall, and the ...

In December, construction workers putting in natural gas pipelines near Athens found a Roman-era statue of the ancient Greek god Hermes buried upright in a brick-lined pit near the Acropolis of ...