What’s the deal with Leonardo’s harpsichord-viola? Why were Impressionists obsessed with the color purple? Art Bites brings you a surprising fact, lesser-known anecdote, or curious event from art ...

Jack Davis, along with his wife Sharon Stocker, excavated an ancient grave in Pylos, Greece. They found what they thought was a bead - turned out to be history in all ways. Jack Davis is head of the ...

Perhaps no other ancient city captures our imagination quite like Pompeii. The storyline is familiar: a thriving city on the Bay of Naples- a mecca of high culture and a playground of the rich- ...

Greece opens the royal collections of Tatoi Palace online, giving public access to 70,000 artifacts that reveal a century of ...

Most people experience an eerie sensation when they meet natural-looking artificial beings, especially humanoid robots. This is the “Uncanny Valley” effect, the psychological reaction of unease and ...

Every year, Athens draws millions of history buffs to the sun-bleached stones of its ancient temples. The city’s legendary landmarks—the Acropolis with its iconic Parthenon, the Agora with its deep ...

Before traveling to Greece over the summer to study abroad, Shaylyn Sprague already had an idea in mind for her final project. She was interested in Circe, a goddess in Greek mythology who Sprague ...