Experts think the renowned Austrian Symbolist painted the artwork in 1897. An art gallery in Vienna has priced it at $16 ...

The Tumaco-Tolita people, who lived in an area rich in natural gold, crafted intricate and delicate metal objects until the ...

Recent research provides compelling evidence that Middle Paleolithic peoples created deliberate patterns on stone artifacts ...

The Inca Trail draws large crowds, which can compromise your hike's quality. If you crave quieter treks with even better ...

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China Daily invites Russian contemporary artist Anna Kazmina to the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou for an inspiring ...

Unused paints are generally rare finds for archaeologists — but not at Pompeii. Take a look at “almost the entire palette of an ancient painter.” ...

At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, ...

The "hugely significant" discovery in a forest in Derbyshire is thought to date back 3,700 years. The "exciting" artefact - used to cut peat and moss - was found during excavation work in ...

But the Inca, whose world came to an end with the ... and an art tradition that was as bizarre as it was beautiful. “In ancient Peru, art conveyed valuable information about belief systems ...

The historical hall of fame tends to posit Hiram Bingham as the hero who located Peru’s foremost Inca site ... so effectively that all signs of the ancient city had vanished come the medieval ...