TheCollector on MSN11 天
9 Myths About the Greek Goddess Hera
In Greek mythology, Hera was the goddess of women, marriage and married life. She was the queen of the gods by her marriage ...
The Jerusalem Post Blogs14 天
'Hercules of Valdelsa': 1700-year-old Roman statue found in Montaione, Florence
The statue, over 50 centimeters tall and headless, can be reassembled from three matching fragments. It represents Hercules, depicted standing in a moment of rest. The hero is shown with a club ...
Greek City Times14 天
Cleveland Museum of Art to Return Looted Bronze, Possibly Greek, Statue to Türkiye
Cleveland (GCT) – February 18, 2025 – The Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) announced today that it will return a headless bronze statue, previously known as “Draped Male Figure” or “The Philosopher,” to ...
Greek Reporter15 天
Scientists Decode Golden Ratio of Ancient Greek Riace Bronze Statues
One of the famous ancient Greek Riace Bronzes was found to have had its teeth designed following the mathematical value of the golden ratio. Credit: /Wikimedia Commons/ One famous ancient Greek statue ...
Greek Reporter18 天
Ancient Greek Kouros Statue Brought to Light by Waves in Kusadasi, Turkey
Fragment of ancient Greek kouros statue from the Archaic period found in Kusadasi, Turkey. Credit: 2D Marconi Lentini CC BY-SA 4.0 A big fragment of an ancient Greek statue of a kouros that belongs to ...
Greek City Times26 天
Eurysthenes, a descendant of Heracles who led the Dorian conquest of the Peloponnesus
Eurysthenes was a semi-mythical figure in ancient Greek history. He was renowned as one of the Heracleidae, descendants of Heracles, who led the Dorian conquest of the Peloponnesus. Born in the 11th ...
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Ancient Greek Sculpture Timeline: Dark Ages to Roman Copies
Ancient Greek sculpture has fascinated the art lovers ... Similar-style Minoan terracotta snake goddess figurines have also been found on Crete. Like the Minoans, the Myceneans also produced ...
Scientific American1 个月
The Story of a Greek Statue
Scientific American is part of Springer Nature, which owns or has commercial relations with thousands of scientific publications (many of them can be found at www ...
hispanatolia2 个月
This is how one of the statues of Mount Nemrut in Turkey was saved
A team of experts carried out on Mount Nemrut, a World Heritage Site, a job to save the statue representing Heracles. With the help of a rope restraint system, the statue representing Heracles could ...