The 2,000-year-old Torlonia collection of Roman sculptures, now at the Art Institute of Chicago, has the urgency of the ...

The Eye of Horus is frequently found in ancient Egyptian burials, particularly on wedjat amulets.

Hōlua sledding is not nearly as well-known as other Hawaiian sports like surfing or canoe paddling. As HPR's Catherine Cluett ...

In the 900 years between those notable moments, Ancient Greek culture shaped contemporary poetry, democracy, philosophy, art, theater, and language. Take Greek mythology, for example: those ...

A team of archaeologists in Iraq, led by Sebastian Rey, the British Museum’s curator of ancient Mesopotamia ... Rey tells The Art Newspaper, was “an extremely important period in Mesopotamian ...

I’ve grown so accustomed to experiencing culture through screens that I forgot how exciting it is to be in the room where the art is happening, to witness the effort and passion and bodily ...

an archaeologist and curator of ancient art at the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen, proposes that Greco-Roman statues were perfumed. As detailed in her study, published March 3 in the Oxford ...

In this Assassin’s Creed Shadows guide, we’ll give you a full Ancient Tomb of Nanjo walkthrough, including a step-by-step through the dungeon and noting its rewards. The Ancient Tomb of Nanjo ...

Archaeologists working in an ancient Mayan city have unearthed a mysterious ... “Storm God,” more common in Teotihuacan than Mayan art. Two bodies were buried underneath the altar – one ...

Ancient Greek Olympians, researchers say, ate sheep’s testicles for a testosterone boost, while gladiator physician Claudius Galen prescribed the boiled hind hooves of Abyssinian asses ...

Here are a few must-see shows to catch this month. Hatchless Flight – April 12 through May 24 Explore a contemporary artist’s approach to the ancient art of pysanky in this new exhibition from ...