The name came from the ancient Greeks.

VOA: special.2009.06.10

There are treasures of ancient and current art from Asia, Africa,the Pacific islands and Central and South America.

VOA: special.2010.08.04

The ancient Egyptians used a drawing of the eye of Horus as a magic sign to protect themselves from disease,suffering and evil.

VOA: special.2009.03.22

The subject of the statue is from the "Aeneid" by Virgil, the most famous poet of ancient Rome.

VOA: special.2010.02.03

Bhangra music is an ancient form of folk music from the Punjab area of India and Pakistan.

VOA: special.2010.08.11

"The Great Sphinx of Tanis" from ancient Egypt dates back over four thousand six hundred years.

VOA: special.2010.06.23

They had been brought from Egypt. The first room in the Egyptian museum welcomes visitors to the world of the pharaohs who ruled ancient Egypt.

VOA: special.2010.02.03

It seemed the ancient Egyptians could have suffered from atherosclerosis, much as people do today.

VOA: special.2009.12.15

The Vatican Museums also exhibit objects from an ancient land called Etruria.

VOA: special.2010.02.03

Just a few meters from where mass was celebrated, thousands of pilgrims visited the ancient grotto where according to Christian tradition, Jesus was born.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

The Okefenokee seems primeval. It was formed when waters from an ancient ocean receded and a mammoth sandbar blocked most of the water flow to the sea.

VOA: standard.2010.03.29