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 ...

Detail from the stela of Mentuwoser, c. 1955 B.C., shows the steward preparing for a feast. Copyright © The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Image Source: Art Resource ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...