Christopher Nolan has his Odysseus for his movie adaptation of The Odyssey, and it’s Matt Damon. Universal Pictures just ...

The museum dropped a legal effort to block the seizure of the statue by investigators who said the bronze, thought by some to ...

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Beware of Greeks bearing gifts!” Thus spaketh the Trojan priest, Laocoön, upon observing an enormous wooden horse left at the ...

A bronze by French sculptor Camille Claudel thought to evoke her separation with fellow artist and lover Auguste Rodin was auctioned off in France Sunday for more than $3 million. Named "The Mature ...

The Mycenaeans were skilled builders and formidable warriors. They established trade networks that reached as far as Egypt ...

Archaeologists uncover what they believe to be a massive fortress at this crossroad of humanity between Europe and Asia ...

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The iconic Mabel Dorothy Segun is 95. Born in 1930 at Ondo to Venerable Isaiah Aig-Imoukhuede and Mrs Eunice Aig-Imoukhuede, she is known popularly in the world of literature as Mrs. Mabel Segun.