At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, ...
The Halsted A&A Foundation has acquired a 1st-century Roman statue of the ancient Greek goddess Athena. The sculpture, which has remained out of public view for centuries, will be on display ...
The police said a man handed over a statue that he said he found in a plastic ... The discovery of ancient artifacts in surprising places is not uncommon in a country as rich in history and ...
The ancient Greek statue some conspiracy theorists think shows a laptop. Credit: Getty Villa / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0 A recurring conspiracy theory which has gone viral claims that an ...
Archaeologists in Izmir, Turkey, have uncovered a remarkable site believed to be an ancient bronze statue scrapyard. Among the ruins of the ancient city of Metropolis, roughly 2,000 fragmented bronze ...
The latest find is an ancient marble statue discovered in, of all places, a black trash bag. After an initial evaluation, experts dated the statue to the Hellenistic era between 320 and 30 B.C.E ...
Police in Greece said Wednesday they were investigating how an ancient Greek statue came to be dumped in a black plastic bag near garbage cans in the northern city of Thessaloniki. The organized ...
Weddell’s own journey to Rome to purchase the statue reflects the practice of Grand Tours across the cities of the ancient world, popular among young British aristocrats. A painter who ...
Police in Greece said Wednesday they were investigating how an ancient Greek statue came to be dumped in a black plastic bag near dustbins in the northern city of Thessaloniki. The organised crime ...
An ancient Roman statue of Athena, unseen for almost 300 years, is resurfacing in Chicago. The 1st-century C.E. sculpture of the Greek goddess was acquired by Halsted A&A Foundation in 2023 ...
The statue, believed to be from the Hellenistic period, is currently being held by authorities for forensic testing. Discoveries of ancient artifacts are relatively common in Greece, often ...
The ancient statue, after being examined in a police crime lab in northern Greece, will be sent to the local Ephorate of Antiquities for evaluation and safekeeping.Credit: Greek Police/Illustration ...