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, ...

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 ...