The statue seems to have been over 12 meters tall ... began—a tremendous conflict pitting Athens and its allies against Sparta and its allies, a war that would, with some interruptions, last ...

Leaving neither monuments nor epics, Sparta’s enduring legacy is a military ideal, embodied in Leonidas, hero of Thermopylae, commemorated here in a statue in the modern city of Sparta in Greece.

Tsakonika, the language of ancient Sparta, still survives today, despite the ravages of time and the many reversals of ...

The Erechtheion, the ancient Greek temple held up by statues known as Caryatids, still stands on the Athens Acropolis.

Next time you hit the road in Wisconsin, plan to stop at some of these unique (and massive!) roadside statues.

Astonishing photographs of a 90-foot statue of Hindu God Lord Hanuman—the third largest statue in the U.S.—have been obtained by Newsweek, following the unveiling ceremony in Texas.

There are many reasons an ancient statue might accidentally lose its head — and some for its head to be severed on purpose. When a museum displays a piece of art, they generally try to show the ...

As astonishing as these statues are, the story behind them — involving a dentist, a controversial school bus route and a battle with the county — is even stranger. Kenneth Fox was Placer ...

Sparta had a highly unusual system of government. Two kings ruled the city, but a 28-member 'council of elders' limited their powers. These men were recruited from the highest social class, the ...

A new statue unveiled to honor Queen Elizabeth II is instead drawing criticisms online for its portrayal of the late monarch. The bronze statue of Elizabeth, who died in 2022 at the age of 96 ...

Denzel Dumfries scored the winning goal against his former club as Heerenveen overcame Sparta Rotterdam 2-1 at the Abe Lenstra Stadion.The 21-year-old defender, who came through the ranks at ...