The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art has deaccessioned fragments of the Zidanku Silk Manuscripts (fourth–third century B.C.E.) from its collection and formally transferred them to the ...

The National Museum of Asian Art is presenting “Anyang: China’s Ancient City of Kings,” the first major exhibition in the United States dedicated to Anyang, the capital of ancient China’s Shang ...

Three artefacts excavated in the UAE are among the many ancient gems that will be featured in Zayed National Museum, The National can exclusively reveal. The items include an official stamp dating ...

The implements used in the art of Japanese embroidery, or nihon shishu, are on view as part of the current exhibit, "Japanese Embroidery: A Journey of Tradition and Innovation," at the Polasek Museum.

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art (NMAA) in Washington, DC, has deaccessioned from its collection fragments of contested ancient Chinese artefacts known as the Zidanku Silk ...

It’s been called ‘the greatest museum of prehistoric art’—but few tourists know it exists. In the Algerian desert, dazzling alfresco galleries provide an eloquent record of ancient ...

Italian art detectives have found stolen ancient treasures at a leading Australian university, including an artifact likely smuggled out of the country under piles of pasta, the institution said ...

The statue will be part of “Ancient Huasteca Women: Goddesses, Warriors and Governors” at the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago. By Zoë Lescaze The woman, carved in pale stone, wears ...

From the location of the “place of skulls” to ancient Jewish burial rites, here’s what archaeologists do—and don’t—know about the truth behind the Easter story.

The National Museum of Asian Art is presenting “Anyang: China’s Ancient City of Kings,” the first major exhibition in the United States dedicated to Anyang, the capital of ancient China’s ...