However, it has been argued that all of Judaism after the conquests of Alexander the Great was Hellenistic Judaism. The Hellenistic period began with the conquests of the great Macedonian general, but ...

This artificial subdivision was essential for organizing civil, religious, and military events and activities. Egyptian water clock from the Hellenistic period, c.285-246 BC. Credit: Daderot / ...

A mans head and neck are shown, and his neck ends at the base in an uneven way which seems broken. He has a square face, a narrow mouth with full lips, a wide flat nose, and narrow round eyes which ...

Archaeologists access the site by boat once the waters recede, beginning with cleaning before conducting their work. The site is thought to include a complex surrounded by a "temenos," or sacred wall, ...

The Gandhara art persisted until the 7th century and had some influence on the Buddhist sculptures seen in China and other East Asian countries.

Glueck concluded from the numerous Iron Age I-II sherds that the site was initially occupied during the Iron Age but later abandoned until it was reoccupied during the Late Hellenistic period.

In the ancient city of Orraon or Horreum in Epirus, Greece, one can still see the best preserved ancient houses from the Classical and Hellenistic periods. Four well-preserved buildings of the late ...

Step into the past and uncover the secrets of Rhodes Ancient Greece, where hidden treasures and untold stories await your ...

By Emily LaBarge The sprawling PST festival of more than 70 exhibitions doesn’t quite live up to its theme of art and science colliding. But there is a handful of impressive entries.

In the meanwhile, the largest polis appeared which also included several other regions of Attica and was named Athens, a name taken by goddess Athena according to the ... New monarchies made their ...

Although the Art Deco period extends roughly from 1910 to well into the 1930s, it was primarily a product of the "Roaring '20s." This was a wonderfully decadent era. It was an age of Prohibition and ...