The Iraqi-American artist’s work has been brought into dialogue with ancient artefacts in a first for the Athens-based museum ...

What makes for a great place to live? Access to nature, a sense of community and culture on your doorstep can all help. So which towns make the cut?

Nearly 60 works from the famed Torlonia Collection are on view in Chicago.

A painted pottery figurine depicting two women holding hands, housed at the Luoyang Museum in Henan province, has recently ...

Scientists have found new evidence for how our fossil human relatives in South Africa may have used their hands.

She was proud of her work. But the moment had come, the one she dreaded in every auction: standing before bidders, rug in hands, awaiting judgment. She stood stiffly at the front of the room ...

As far back as the 8th century BC, the ancient Greeks had invented a large, round shield that became an essential part of warfare.

Deep in the dark recesses of a limestone cave in Alabama soar life-sized figures that span earthly and spiritual realms. Traced into the mud of the cave ceiling by torchlight more than a thousand ...

An ongoing exhibition, A Show of Hands, at Jehangir Nicolson Art Foundation (JNAF ... the forms of which reference ancient Egyptian, Japanese and Ethiopian headrests. The pedestals are inspired ...

An unusual depiction of the ancient Egyptian sky goddess Nut may include a representation of the "Dark River" or "Great Rift"—the band along the Milky Way caused by dust clouds. This is the ...