“Lives of the Gods: Divinity in Maya Art,” opening at the Metropolitan ... near their ancestors’ homes and follow some of the ancient traditions. As co-curator Oswaldo Chinchilla Mazariegos ...

The ancient Egyptians had no word for art and no concept of art for art's sake ... replaced graceful images with shocking new pictures. Kings and queens had skinny chests and shoulders, and ...

In an archaeological first, German researchers have found a depiction of major Assyrian deities carved onto a relief.

An ancient gravesite ... Darius the Great, King of the Persians, came up with the first art political logo, with Alexander the Great later expanding on the concept by imprinting his face on ...

The unearthing of the long-lost tomb of ancient Egyptian King Thutmose II is being described as one of the most important archaeological discoveries in recent years. Thutmose II's mummy was ...

revealing the tomb to be that of Thutmose II—and the final missing pharaoh’s tomb from Ancient Egypt’s 18th dynasty. The tomb was discovered near the Valley of the Kings in West Luxor.

Archaeologists in China have unearthed what they think could be a portrait of a king carved into the foot ... providing a glimpse into how the ancient civilization operated.

Anyang: China’s Ancient City of Kings is the first major exhibition in the United States dedicated to Anyang, the capital of China’s Shang dynasty (occupied ca. 1250 BCE–ca. 1050 BCE). This exhibition ...

Ryholt believed the smaller dynasty would have ruled the region of Abydos during a time when ancient Egypt was broken into rival kingdoms. That first tomb’s owner, King Seneb-Kay, was an ...