Long before any contact, ancient Peruvian and Chinese civilizations shared remarkable similarities. Both the Inca ...

The exhibition can serve as a window into China's cultural heritage for the people of Cuzco, and can deepen exchanges and mutual understanding between China and Peru, said Mohenir Julinho Zapata, the ...

It provides the first physical proof sections of the Roman road survive beneath the modern road. Experts from Littlehampton Museum believe the small gold plate may have been decoration on a sword.

Stockholm’s subway system is truly one of a kind. One hundred stations, each with unique art on its platform, walls, or waiting hall. Since 1957 artists have played a key role when new stations have ...

Thousands of years ago, in the mountains of Peru, Chile, and Bolivia, the people of the Inca empire ate a diet rich in plants ... Here’s everything you need to know about the ancient crop, including ...

The new outsized little show at the Arts Center of the Capital Region has a perfectly convoluted title: “Little Brown Jug + Dig Deeper: [some] Art, Science, and History of Troy Clay.” It mixes soils, ...

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[Photo provided by The Trustees of British Museum] In the royal palaces of Assyrian kings, art served one ultimate ... land of Phoenicia its name — in ancient Greek, the word phoinix could ...

"Grounded in Clay: The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery," on display through Jan. 12 at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, explores the many dimensions of these works, from various utilitarian functions to ...

Restoration work at the site of a "key" ancient Egyptian temple is revealing long-hidden colorful details in its decorations. The Temple of Esna, located on the west bank of the Nile over 30 miles ...

Archaeologists have discovered a pair of “exceptional” lost cities along the fabled Silk Road, saying the find will change the understanding of the ancient ... to the Inca citadel of Machu ...

Tugunbulak and Tashbulak are especially remarkable given their altitude, roughly comparable to the later Inca citadel of Machu ... is much more exceptional in ancient times,” Frachetti said.