The face of Greek mythology's infamous serpent-haired gorgon had been imprinted into a plaster mold that was used to make masks and decorative reliefs 2,000 years ago.

Greek officials were red-faced Tuesday ... He told Open TV he was asked to make 10-centimetre by 18-centimetre masks for children up to 10 years old, and 12 cms by 22 cms masks for older pupils ...

The very word "person" derives from the name for the clay or bronze mouthpiece in ancient Greek theatrical masks. This mouthpiece, designed to project the actor’s voice into the amphitheatre ...

which is unusually large compared to other such bronze masks of the Greek God that date from the same period. The researchers had said that efforts to date the item or explain the function of the ...