Greek Reporter

How Ancient Greek Women of Athens Turned Their Clothes Into Weapons

Women of ancient Athens used clothing pins as weapons, prompting a shift in Ancient Greek fashion and societal control.

The Parthenon in Athens briefly shed its scaffolding. Here's a look at its restoration

It was a rare sight on Athens’ skyline, and it didn’t last long: The Parthenon was without scaffolding for the first time in ...
Greek Reporter

The Ancient Greek Sculptor Who Defined the Ideal of Beauty in Statues

Ancient Greek sculptor Polykleitos set the standard of beauty and harmony in statues with his groundbreaking Canon of ...

Photos of the unobstructed ancient Parthenon in Athens

Greek residents and visitors in recent weeks enjoyed an unobstructed view of the marble temple crowning the Acropolis as ...

KS2 Music: Ancient Greece

Songs and music activities for KS2 pupils aged 7 - 11 exploring the civilisation and myths of Ancient Greece. Includes six ...
Ancient Origins

9 Unique Facts Straight Out of Ancient Greece

The ancient Greek society was a complex mix of ingenuity, brutality, eccentricities and practices that you may define as cultural rites that often fall outside of contemporary expectations. Of the ...

Archaeologists Unearthed Missing Statue Head of Greek Goddess. It's 2,100 Years Old

Archaeologists have made a number of historic discoveries while excavating the ancient Greek City of Laodicea, which housed a church mentioned in the Bible. Among the most notable discoveries was a 2, ...
HistoryExtra

This ancient goddess commanded a Wonder of the World – but why did she have thirty breasts?

The strange and powerful symbol at the heart of one of history’s greatest temples reveals the importance of the goddess ...

After 2,100 Years, Archaeologists Found the Missing Head of an Ancient Greek Statue

Hygieia was a prominent figure in both ancient Greek and Roman mythology—she was the daughter of Asclepius, the god of ...