In the mythology of ancient Greece and Rome, the harpies were a group of animal-human hybrid monsters like the sirens and the ...

On a recent weeknight, long after the swarms of tourists had left Rome's Colosseum, a small group of people walked around ...

Alexander the Great conquered the region around 329 B.C.E., leaving behind Greek and Macedonian settlers who intermarried ...

Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum on Friday opens the biggest exhibition ever devoted to art inspired by "Metamorphoses", Roman poet ...

When Don McCullin stepped into Crowthers Reclamation Yard in Isleworth in 1963, surrounded by broken Roman busts and weathered statuary, he was already establishing his reputation as a photographer ...

With a history dating back to Roman times, Canterbury impresses with its medieval walls, Unesco-listed cathedral and buzzy ...

Sleeping Hermaphroditus, has arrived at the Rijksmuseum from the Louvre Museum to star in the forthcoming exhibition ...

The most famous four-legged weapons in warfare may have left a trace after all.

Italy's art-filled cities have no shortage of tourists, but they haven’t always been welcoming to visitors with visual ...

View legendary artifacts like the Rosetta Stone on a virtual stroll through the British Museum. Gaze up at the Sistine Chapel’s divine ceiling without the crowds at the Vatican Museums. Explore mini ...

A strange story gets stranger.