Italy lowered tax on artworks to 5 percent amid pressure from galleries and artists. Plus, Picasso's ceramics studio will ...

The implication is that African creativity has always been global; just before the wing’s entrance, a Baule mask used in theatrical performances shares a vitrine with an ancient Roman ... an Igbo ...

Researchers studying an ancient city in southern Turkey say they've found evidence that women called the shots in a ...

These aren’t the only impressive and unusual sculptures you’ll find lurking outdoors in the Bay Area. From shambling ...

A recent study challenges the long-held belief that Queen Hatshepsut's statues were destroyed out of spite by Thutmose III.

She was one of ancient Egypt's most successful rulers, a rare female pharaoh who preceded Cleopatra by 1,500 years, but Queen ...

Now, the figurine has been shown to the public for the very first time, and it’s being called the discovery of the century.

A carved panel found at Nimrud depicts Assyrian soldiers swimming across a river and using inflatable goat skins as floaties.

From Stone Age astronomy to Viking law and Roman goddesses, cultures across time have honored the longest day of the year ...

Ancient Greek vases have revealed the hidden names of Amazons, mythology's warrior women, in a report deciphering ancient languages unspoken for millennia. In the forthcoming study of pottery ...

Underwater archaeologists have discovered remnants of a sunken military warship from the second century BCE in the Egyptian ...

During a May inspection tour of Henan province, President Xi Jinping stood before the ancient stone carvings of the Longmen Grottoes, a UNESCO World Heritage site. He paused in silence. The limestone ...