Recent archaeological discoveries are challenging established narratives of human origins and creativity. A 64,000-year-old cave art found in Europe is compelling scientists to rethink timelines of ...

Here's how artists and designers have borrowed from the ancient civilization's rich visual vocabulary. A recreation of King Tutankhamun's death mask, on view at "Tutankhamun - His Tomb and his ...

Prehistoric cave paintings; Egyptian pyramids and temples; classical Greek statues. As the Ice Age glaciers melted, European civilization was born—and with it, so was art. From the Stone Age came ...

The Greek and Roman Galleries at New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art are a wonder of white marble, an astonishing acre of it – world-famous, flooded with light, statues clean and gleaming. So, ...

A simple turn of the wrist at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in February 2023 has unveiled a centuries-old mystery about ancient Roman craftsmen. Washington State University art history professor ...

An extinct and previously unknown species of goose has been identified from an ancient Egyptian painting that once adorned the walls of a mastaba, or tomb, according to a recently published analysis.

Greek mythology’s influence on modern literature and art is undeniable, forming the basis of storytelling, symbolism, and ...