“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 ...

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 ...

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.