The discus throw event has been included in every modern Olympics since its inaugural 1896 edition held in Athens (where Robert Garrett representing the United States won the gold medal), and can be ...

The Nazis often drew on the art of classical antiquity, but it was one ancient Greek statue that particularly fascinated the Führer, reports Alastair Sooke. Since antiquity, the art of Classical ...

Editor Annikka Olsen joins the podcast to discuss the long and complex history of the famous 'Discobolus' sculpture. A Roman copy of Myron's Discobolus at the British Museum. Photo: Leon Neal/AFP via ...

The Nazis often drew on the art of classical antiquity, but it was one ancient Greek statue that particularly fascinated the Führer, reports Alastair Sooke. Since antiquity, the art of Classical ...

The shadows of early evening were creeping across Brussels’ Stadium last week as a hulking U.S. Army lieutenant in trackman’s flimsies stepped into the discus ring. At the international military ...

The Lancellotti Discobolus and a fragmentary statue of the Lancellotti type, both Roman copies of Myron’s original, second century CE, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, Rome (photograph by Carole Raddato ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Milan: Italy’s culture minister is refusing a request by the German State Antiquities Collection in Munich to return an ancient Roman ...