“These rock art sites include the earliest evidence ... The paintings highlight the ancient people’s broad understanding of a range of habitats in the region, including savannah, flooded ...

In a study published in the journal PLOS ONE, Julien Benoit from the University of the Witwatersrand confirmed that the rock ...

When we think of art forms and what constitutes art, the first thing to come to mind is painting. Be it painting on a canvas, ...

The ancient Near East ... an abundance of natural resources, the people of this region developed metalworking and pottery-making to a level of sophistication unknown elsewhere at the time. Few museums ...

In ancient Greece people enjoyed chilled wine at social gatherings, using specially designed cooling pots called psykter.

Various individuals can be seen lounging on coaches, either alone or two people, all wearing robes and laurel garlands. These sorts of scenes are quite common in ancient Greek art, but unusual in ...

Four ancient bronze sculptures looted from Thailand more than half a century ago are set to return home from the Asian Art ...

Ancient Egyptian art and design includes painting, sculpture, architecture, ceramics, furniture, textiles and other material objects produced by the civilization living in the Nile Valley from roughly ...