Excavations on a Greek island have revealed an ancient temple where animal sacrifices once took place. The temple lies within an ancient Greek sanctuary dedicated to the goddess Artemis located in the ...

In 356 B.C.E., a man named Herostratus slipped into the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, Turkey, and set fire to its wooden roof, reducing much of the giant structure—which the Greek writer and physicist ...

Amidst the pantheon of Greek gods, few are more revered than Artemis, Goddess of the hunt, chastity, and the Moon; Mistress of Animals, Daughter of Zeus and twin sister to Apollo. Famed for her pledge ...