Glass blowing developed around 1st century BCE in Palestine. Although the art of stained glass did not reach its height until Europe's Gothic Era, we find written descriptions of it dating as far back ...

It was the Greek military scientist named Aeneas Tacticus who developed this ingenious method of communicating messages using the simplest torch signals in the 4th century BCE. The way in which this ...

The mammoth gravestone of King Gwanggaeto the Great, one of the best known monarchs of the ancient Goguryeo Kingdom (37 ...

The thought-provoking woodcarvings of artist C.A. Stigliano will be the subject of an exhibition this fall in the Hammond Hall Art Gallery at. “We Are Not ...

Highlight the importance of art as representations of life and culture ... Scholars believe that this practice indicated a belief in the afterlife. By the 5th century BCE, animal and human sacrifices ...

and treated as art. One of the earliest recorded instances concerns the first-century emperor Ming of the Han, who, upon hearing that his cousin was on his deathbed, dispatched a messenger to obtain a ...

dating back to at least the 5th century BCE. Characteristic of this system is the cyclical nature, with the Mayan calendar featuring three common cycles: the Long Count, Tzolk’in (260-day ...

In addition, the road facilitated commerce in technology, art, and medicine—even disease ... Buddhism is a religion or philosophy founded in the 5th century BCE by Siddhartha Gautama, the ...

It’s part bar, part cultural hub for art, music and local design. The leafy, vibrant courtyard is perfect for escaping the often-punishing Greek sun and is encircled by 19th-century Ottoman-era ...

The culture responsible for the burial is thought to have been closely related to the Scythians, given the elaborate horse ...

Long before AI and robotics shaped our modern world, the 18th century witnessed the rise of automata — mechanical wonders ...

By Will Heinrich The central role of printmaking in five centuries of Mexican art on view at the Met shows the weight of many minds. By Will Heinrich and Patricia Escárcega The artist Barbara ...