The birth of Aphrodite Aphrodite, Greek goddess of love, became Venus in the Roman pantheon. This mural, “The Birth of Venus,” painted before A.D. 79 and found at the House of Venus in the ...

Venus of Willendorf statuette dating from around 25,000 BCE. Credit: Gerhard Trumler/Imagno/Getty As we might expect, the material evidence offers a compelling alternative to the myth.

Venus Uncovered: Ancient Goddess of Love. Bettany Hughes explores Venus, goddess of love, discovering her surprising roots and modern relevance. Show more.

The Venus of Kołobrzeg, discovered by a Polish farmer on the Baltic coast in 2022, has been authenticated as a Neolithic ...

Venus also experiences the longest day of any planet in the solar system, taking 243 Earth days to complete a rotation. Aside from the sun and moon, it is the brightest object in Earth's night sky.

Venus was the goddess of beauty in ancient Rome and her brightly shining planetary namesake lives up to that hype. When Venus is in the evening sky, you notice her. When she is in the predawn sky ...

Conservators put the head and body of a 1,900-year-old Roman statue of Venus through X-ray scans to determine the best way to piece them back together. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal ...