A centuries-old ivory carving from ancient India, depicting the life of Buddha, has become a centrepiece at the China ...

An ancient Indian ivory carving of Buddha's life, a gift to Chinese monk Xuanzang in the 7th century, is a centerpiece at a ...

Xuanzang, one of China's most revered scholars and a leading Indophile of his time, travelled extensively across India in search of Buddhist teachings. His writings not only helped spread Buddhist ...

Analysis of 1,500 artifacts shows imports from Nubia between 1600-600 BCE, a trade network that endured from Canaanite times ...

The contested Museum of West African Arts in Benin City has postponed its preview week after protesters stormed a museum ...

Many of these monuments were surveyed for the first time in a modern context, and they include stunning examples of ancient ...

It was a rare sight on Athens’ skyline, and it didn’t last long: The Parthenon was without scaffolding for the first time in ...

Venus figurines, with exaggerated sexual characteristics such as big hips and breasts, began appearing about 40,000 years ago. What can they tell us about ancient humans?

Persepolis, the ceremonial city of the Persian Empire, embodied Achaemenid power, divine order, and the vision of a united ...

It was a rare sight on Athens’ skyline, and it didn't last long: The Parthenon was without scaffolding for the first time in ...

Germany isn’t just the land of fairy tales, it’s where they were born. Between misty forests and rolling hills, real castles ...

My death is starting to assume shape in the distance, however hazy. So is the recognition that nearly everything I own will ...