Authorities say the statue dates back to the Hellenistic period and are investigating how it ended up among garbage. It was worse for the wear, lacking a head and arms.

On the evening of Jan. 18, a 32-year-old Greek man went to the police with an unusual object that he said he had found in a ...

An ancient marble statue of a woman believed to be more ... while Hera is often seen holding a pomegranate in a nod to her role as fertility goddess, she said. The ancient artifact will be sent ...

Atop Cividade Hill in northern Portugal, the ancient city of Bracasa ... similar to those worn by Tyche, the Greek goddess of fate who symbolizes fertility, happiness, prosperity and wealth ...

A mix of ancient divinities, Aphrodite was patron over love, beauty, fertility ... mingling of bodies. Statues and figurines like this one represent an increase in goddess cults in the ...