The great stone figures that today grace the Assyrian Gallery of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art were carved more than 2500 years ago for the palaces and temples of Ashurnasirpal II (883-859 B.C.), ...

The sarcophagus in the tomb chamber contained hundreds of items including jewelry, vessels, ornaments, seals and other goods. The items displayed Syrian and Phoenician iconography in addition to ...

[Photo provided by The Trustees of British Museum] In the royal palaces of Assyrian kings, art served one ultimate purpose — to awe. And not a single square inch was spared. Take for example a bronze ...

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Research led by the Universidad de Burgos has uncovered evidence suggesting Neanderthals engaged in collecting activities ...

Answers to six immediate questions you might have about the art world after a crypto entrepreneur spent millions on a 35-cent fruit. By Zachary Small Ouattara Watts stayed under the radar for ...

It’s also a possibility that some civilizations rotted from the inside through a general system collapse. Scholars have noted ...

New York City is full of free outdoor art that you don't even have to go to a museum to see. Sculptures, murals and photographs can be found in its parks, sidewalks and on its buildings!

Travel back through 3,000 years of Egyptian history and come face-to-face with the Statues of Ramesses II and Amenhotep III. The objects in the Egyptian sculpture gallery represent three millennia of ...

Find out if the 15th-century murder of two princes in the Tower of London can be solved.

Some Assyrian Christians — another faith group with Middle Eastern roots — similarly ... The Hearst Foundations has awarded ...