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.

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

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

A woman looks at the Parthenon Marbles, a collection of stone objects, inscriptions and sculptures, on show at the British Museum in London in 2014 [File: Dylan Martinez/Reuters] ‘Colonialism is ...

The marble sculptors of Pyrgos, Tinos island, Greece. Credit: Courtesy of the Petros Marmarinos Studio Tinos—different from the rest. A long-held legend claims that the people of Tinos were initially ...

Archaeologists are revealing the secrets of a long-lost Stone Age civilisation – believed to be the oldest in the world. Ongoing investigations by Turkish, British and other archaeologists in ...

2 statues discovered in Pompeii during tomb excavation 00:25. Life-sized statues of a man and a woman were discovered in a tomb in Pompeii, researchers said, thousands of years after a deadly ...