Police said Wednesday that a marble statue of a woman believed to be more than 2,000 years old was found abandoned in a garbage bag near the Greek city of Thessaloniki.
The ancient universities of India were intellectual powerhouses that attracted scholars from distant lands interested in studying mathematics and astronomy as well as philosophy and medicine.
They are located within a 10-km radius around 50km south-west of Purulia town. Lord Ganesha in seated posture and (right) a statue of a severely damaged four-handed deity inside Buddheshwar Temple ...
Mexico's Chichen Itza isn't only a marvel of Mayan architecture - it's also an ancient observatory ... the sun's rays penetrate the temple, illuminating the inner sanctuary's statues—except ...
Credit: Aison Wikimedia Commons Public Domain The ancient Greek temple of goddess Aphrodite is perched on a high rock in the middle ... According to legend, when Apollo came into conflict with ...
I assumed he was telling her one of the great Greek tales. Maybe the one about the battle between Athena and Poseidon over who gets to claim the city of Athens or the melodic tragedy of Orpheus ...