So prolific is the presence of the ibex in prehistoric art that a new study suggests the animal held potent symbolism for ...

Ancient Greeks gifted India numerous things and one of the greatest was the ancient Greek art of medicine, or "Unani" as ...

The composite of ancient body and baroque head is one of many hybrid figures on view in the engaging display “ Myth and Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture From the Torlonia Collection,” making ...

Today a desert—as far as the eye can see. However, anyone looking more closely will discover hundreds of images carved into ...

A team of researchers in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, has decoded the casting technique used by Bronze Age artisans 3,000 years ...

Preserved in permafrost and long thought to be faded or invisible body art, her intricate tattoos have been brought to light using high-resolution near-infrared imaging - revealing a remarkable canvas ...

Hawaii is renowned for the ancient tradition of lei-making. But the future of the craft could be in peril, as flower farms disappear. Jonathan Vigliotti learns the history of making leis; attends the ...

The soul house, which dates to around 2055 to 1650 B.C.E., was originally excavated at Deir Rifa, a series of ancient Egyptian cemeteries north of Luxor, on the west bank of the Nile, the Art ...

The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond said this week that it had returned 44 works of ancient art that had been stolen from other countries.

The packages were sent to a woman whose work had led to the heralded recovery of the Kyrenia, and to new insights into classical Greek seafaring. But their ancient contents were a problem.

The bronze at the Worcester Art Museum in Massachusetts is part of an investigation that includes pieces from institutions in New York and Cleveland.

There are only 100 salt farmers left in Zapotitlán Salinas, but they continue to practice this ancient art. This is episode 61 of Stories of Resistance.