A 2,600-year-old two-handled wine cup currently on display at the Lamia Archaeological Museum in Greece has long been thought to depict a random assortment of animals. But the piece of ancient pottery ...

Caius Julius Hyginus, spread from first edition of “Poeticon Astronomicon” (1482) (all photos courtesy Swann Auction Galleries) Constellations have captivated artists for millennia, but it wasn’t ...

Look up on any clear night and you can see myriad stars, planets, and the Milky Way stretching across the sky. The chances are that you know some of the constellations. The International Astronomical ...

Ancient Greek drinking cups and vessels have plenty of interesting images painted on them: mythological figures, a lively symposium, or even people vomiting. But new research suggests that one wine ...

Ara, an ancient Greek constellation documented in the 3rd-century-B.C. *Phaenomena*, is positioned directly beneath the tail of Scorpius. It is visible from May through July in the Northern Hemisphere ...