The cult of the ancient Greek goddess Athena allowed certain Athenian women liberties that extended beyond the roles of ...

The hometown of China’s terra-cotta army boasts two new statues that are rapidly becoming famous, to the chagrin of the college that commissioned them. They depict Athena, Greek goddess of ...

ATHENS, Greece - The life-sized marble statues of two ancient Greek goddesses have emerged during excavations of a 5,000-year-old town on the island of Crete, archaeologists said Friday.

Two life-sized marble statues of ancient Greek Goddesses have been discovered during excavations of a 5,000-year-old town on Crete, ... adding that the statue of Athena, goddess of wisdom, ...

The Parthenon is probably one of the most iconic examples of Greek architecture. This ancient temple, once dedicated to the goddess Athena, sits atop the hill of the Acropolis at Athens and has ...

An excavation on the island of Crete has discovered life-sized marble statues of the goddesses Athena and Hera. The statues date from between the 2nd and 4th centuries A.D., a period of Roman rule ...