Greek mythology is full of unknown gods remaining in the shadows of the well-known Zeus, Ares, or the patroness of hunting, ...

The early attempt at drones in World War II saw the Army Air Forces convert B-17 bombers into remote-controlled flying bombs.

In early September, not only does the Pafos Aphrodite Festival 2025 return but it also presents Georges Bizet’s opera Carmen, 150 years after its premiere at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.One of the most ...

A mix of ancient divinities, Aphrodite was patron over love, beauty, fertility, and war. But the venerated Greek deity has a more complex rise to fame than one might think.

The Aphrodite, which once promised to set the Getty’s collection apart, has become an icon of the museum’s troubled past. The goddess surfaces.

My friend Aphrodite arrived in California in the late '80s to make her home at the Getty Museum. I first encountered her ringed by admirers who gazed at the strong lines of her 7-1/2-foot frame.

PRAXITELES' APHRODITE AT THE ARTS CLUB; Marvelous Feat of Greek Sculpture to be Seen in New York. PHRYNE WAS THE MODEL Masterpiece Which Reveals Sculptor's Knowledge of the Human Form.

In their new book, Chasing Aphrodite, journalists Jason Felch and Ralph Frammolino tell the story of dozens of illicitly acquired antiquities at one of the world's wealthiest museums. The J. Paul ...

These sacred brothels probably also existed in Greece, specifically, as scholars believe, at the Temple of Aphrodite in Corinth. It was perched on a rocky promontory 575 meters (1,890 feet) above ...