Male beauty and strength were highly valued by ancient Greeks, and they were celebrated at a special beauty pageant known as ...
Head of an Apoxyomenos (2nd-1st century BCE), Greek bronze (courtesy Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas/Scala, Firenze) (click to enlarge) Curated by Jens Daehner and Kenneth Lapatin, both ...
ROME, ITALY—According to a report in La Brújula Verde, the base of a sculpture that included a pig or boar was uncovered in central Crete, at the site of the powerful Bronze Age city-state of Gortyna.