'Water is the principle, the first of all things," said Thales of Miletus, who lived between 624 and 546 BC and is regarded ...

A recent exhibition in Athens highlighting Moore’s concern with light and the history of sculpture is part of a broader mission to shed new light, gradually, on his life and work ...

Anyone with Holiday as their surname is bound to have a sunny disposition, is what I told myself ahead of interviewing Ryan ...

Ancient Greek general Phocion, elected 45 times for his leadership, achieved major military triumphs but met a tragic end.

There's something eternally fascinating about the art of sculpture, more so when it depicts the human form. Michelangelo, for ...

Archaeologists in Cambodia have made a remarkable discovery of centuries-old sandstone statues at the Angkor World Heritage Site. Unearthed near Angkor Thom's north gate, these 'door guardian' statues ...

Archaeologists working at the a World Heritage Site in Cambodia have unearthed 12 sandstone statues, some of which are over a thousand years old. The discovery took place in Angkor—one of three ...

A new archaeology discovery was made in Pompeii, according to Italian officials. Archaeologists unearthed a rare tiny home while excavating the site of the ancient Italian city. The home was buried ...

Archaeologists have recently discovered about a dozen sandstone statues in Angkor, an archaeological site in Cambodia which was once the former centre of the Khmer Empire. The Apsara National ...

From Venus to Yahweh to Ganesha, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston surveys depictions of divinity through the ages.

They also found colored marble and a sculpture of a face related to the Greek god Dionysus at the altar. Park officials said the discoveries made at the ancient home, and the home itself, could help ...