Pan’s Labyrinth” embodies the core tension of Catholic life: the push and pull between the eternal and the worldly.
The ancient artwork was uncovered during excavations ... of an extravagant mansion in Pompeii known as the House of the Faun in 1831. About a decade later, it was moved to the National ...
Some of the most renowned works of Greek art come from the period, including the Winged Victory of Samothrace, at the Louvre Museum; the Barberini Faun ... uncovered an ancient mosaic of dancing ...
The ancient Greek sculpture may have been created ... Among these were the Winged Victory of Samothrace, the Barberini Faun, and the Venus de’ Medici. Hellenistic artists embraced a wider ...
People throughout history have reported seeing a similar "nightmarish figure", reported Quartz, going back to ancient times and ... was caused by Pan, "the faun-like God of nature and the wild ...
The Isla del Pan—a wooded islet that seems to float over the floodplain―was named after the faun of pagan legend ... traditions and superstitions. Ancient pagans of the Aragonese Pyrenees ...
A Roman mosaic in Alter do Chão, Portugal, depicts Alexander the Great's clash with King Porus—one of only three such mosaics ...
At first whiff, it sounds repulsive: sniff the essence of an ancient corpse. But researchers who indulged their curiosity in the name of science found that well-preserved Egyptian mummies actually ...