Most grapes come from the domesticated Vitis vinifera – the common grapevine native to Central Asia and the Mediterranean. Cultivars of Vitis vinifera are used to make wine, whilst table and raisin ...

The lions don't look like lions because the sculptors didn't know what lions looked like." Our guide, Ilona, is showing us ...

These figures stood in stark contrast to those the visitors had seen in the exquisite painting of a Dionysian initiation at a recent party in an opulent seaside villa. Holding a wine glass in one hand ...

Danny is starring as Mr D in The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical which comes to Home in Manchester this week as part of a UK tour. The former winner of Ru Paul’s Drag Race and Celebrity Big ...

"The motif — an ivy scroll pattern (Hedera in Latin) — has deep roots in the visual culture of the ancient Greek and Roman worlds, where it was closely associated with Dionysus, the god of wine and ...

A marble sarcophagus is a stone coffin carved to honor the dead, and sometimes to teach the living. A new find in Caesarea shows a scene few expect on a coffin, a drinking contest between Dionysus, ...

In the realm of ancient gods and goddesses, few held such an esteemed place in history as Dionysus. This vibrant and multifaceted deity of ancient Greek mythology embodies the essence of wine, ecstasy ...

First settled in the early Bronze Age, the ruins of Daskyleion were first discovered in 1952 by archaeologists Kurt Bittel and Ekrem Akurgal. The first archaeological dig at the site was undertaken ...

(CNN) — A 2,000-year-old tunnel once used by Roman emperors to slip into the Colosseum unseen will open to the public this month, offering visitors a rare glimpse of the arena’s imperial backstage.