The seizure is related to a criminal investigation of looting and trafficking of ancient art at the site of the ancient Roman town of Bubon in Southwestern Turkey in the 1960s. But it’s also ...

But why were cats so highly valued in ancient ... Art in Washington, D.C. Specifically, cats were seen as possessing a duality of desirable temperaments — on the one hand they can be protective ...

Alexandra Sofroniew, a professor who studies ancient Greek, Roman and Etruscan art at the University of California at Davis, said in an email that she is “heartened to see museums responding ...

showcasing their ancient settlements and continuous artistic traditions. It highlights the significance of art in daily life, with a focus on ceremonial objects, Kachina dolls, and various crafts ...

The prominence of the rock art along the river suggests that the ancient carvings may have been a territorial marker to signal that a certain group lives there, but not necessarily a warning to ...

The country has been so successful in recovering such ancient artworks and artifacts that it created a museum for them. The Museum of Rescued Art was inaugurated in June in a cavernous structure ...

The exhibit ‘Lives of the Gods: Divinity in Maya Art’ showcases rarely-seen works through Sept. 3. Moving an ancient stone artifact that towers over 10 feet tall and weighs about 9,000 pounds ...

Thanks to these auspicious meanings, ancient Chinese produced a lot of exquisite ... for having the "best aesthetics" in Chinese art. Besides its beautiful symbology, the rabbit often appears ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Cleveland Museum of Art has finalized an agreement to transfer ownership of small, ancient statue to the government of Libya. The 2,200-year-old statue of a man ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The Louisiana Art and Science Museum is inviting the public to learn about ancient Egypt. The museum is hosting an event called “Egyptian Art and Archeology ...

Harvard Art Museums opened their doors Friday for a hands-on display of ancient Egyptian artifacts, the first in a series of “First/Hand Fridays” that allows Harvard students to touch items in ...