Ancient Greek sculptor Polykleitos set the standard of beauty and harmony in statues with his groundbreaking Canon of ...

In the vast tapestry of human history, ancient art stands as a testament to the creativity, ingenuity, and cultural richness of civilizations long past. From the intricate hieroglyphs of Egypt to the ...

VATICAN CITY -- The Venus of Milo or the Dying Gaul may come to mind when we think about ancient sculpture. Those famous pieces conform to the classical ideal of beauty, the ascendancy of form ...

IN the gallery of the Vatican may be seen a statue which for more than three centuries and a half has been considered one of the most precious products of the ancient chisel. The greatest artists have ...

This summer a team of archaeologists resumed their work on a site dating back to around 600BC, known for its three ...

“It was very important to me that this object meets both the high standards of quality that the CMA holds dear and that it has a very long and well-documented modern history,’’ Pevnick said. The ...

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 ...

A sculpture dating to the Hellenistic Greek period has turned up in the most unlikely of settings. It all started when a 32-year-old Greek man in the city of Thessaloniki stumbled upon a statue ...

The tomb of the barbarian king who sacked Rome. The treasures of the Second Temple. A shipwreck filled with masterpieces of ...