Classical archaeologist Michael Guggenberger, who has published several studies on the objects, described them in a 2000 ...

There are more than 50 theories for the function of this 12-sided, pentagonal-faced bronze object — but archaeologists have ...

Known for his snake- and skull-shaped jewelry, the iconoclastic designer who died in 2023 also left behind an astonishing ...

At the underwater archaeology site of Gran Carro di Bolsena in Aiola, Italy, divers found an ancient clay figurine pegged to ...

As the official story of Cleopatra's death goes, the Egyptian queen locked herself in a mausoleum in Alexandria on an August day in 30 B.C.E. and sent for a venomous snake. After she received an asp, ...

The "intriguing new" rock engraving was found on the west bank of the Nile River near Aswan in November 2022, during a survey ...

Brilliant Contrasts in Georgian England,” makes the 18th century artist’s prison drawings and vivid illustrations seem modern ...

A newly-discovered rock art panel on the western bank of the River Nile may depict an Ancient Egyptian authority figure from the dawn of the First Dynasty. Based on the style and content of the ...

Ball, a free man of color, opened a one-room photo studio in Cincinnati in 1845, but the business soon folded. He honed his ...

The myth was further cemented by Johann Joachim Winckelmann, an influential 18th-century German art historian, who believed ...

The myth was further cemented by Johann Joachim Winckelmann, an influential 18th-century German art historian, who believed ...

An ancient rock engraving in the Lower Nile Valley may offer a rare glimpse into the origin of Egyptian kings. The art panel ...