The figures appear to represent a married couple. Experts think the woman, who is holding laurel leaves, may have been a ...

Two life-sized statues have been unearthed in Pompeii, including a bejewelled priestess of the ancient goddess Ceres.

New research project Digital Delacroix aims to use cutting-edge A.I. to solve long standing mysterious about the French ...

Herb Greene, whose evocative portraits of the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin and others helped define the ...

The members of Jefferson Airplane did not play the clarinet or the alto horn or the violin that they held for the cover of their breakthrough album “Surrealistic Pillow.” Those classical instruments ...

The completed “Black Lives Matter” mural on Hamilton Avenue across Palo Alto City Hall. Courtesy Benny Villarreal. Right now, the public can visit Hamilton Avenue in front of Palo Alto City ...

Jewelry was an important part of ancient Egyptian culture. Excavation at the Karnak temple found a 2,600-year-old pot filled with gold jewelry, beads, and statues. The statues of Egyptian gods ...

The 8.5-mile-long wall that surrounds Xi’an, touted as one of the best-preserved walled fortifications in China, could be the next UNESCO World Heritage site. Millions of people converge on Xi ...

Tutankhamun's tomb, discovered by archaeologists in the Valley of the Kings on Nov. 4, 1922, was found loaded with treasures. Some of those artifacts, like his death mask, are widely known.

Israel is unlikely to oppose an Arab entity taking responsibility for Gaza's government if Hamas is off the scene, said a source familiar with the matter. Egypt's Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty ...

CAIRO, March 4 (Reuters) - An Arab summit convened in Cairo on Tuesday adopted an Egyptian plan for the reconstruction of Gaza, Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said during a closing statement.