Advanced digital imaging reveals a portrait of an unknown man beneath "Ecce Homo," an oil painting by renowned Renaissance ...

The human quest for transcendence and meaning has not disappeared with modernity, but has adapted to the evolving cultural ...

Ancient people weren’t immune to bothersome pests. Learn about the different methods and tools they used to stay pest-free.

Frustrated with the absence of positive representations of Black people in art, John Wilson responded by providing images of Black dignity while addressing the painful realities of racial prejudice.

Alexis Rockman’s Naples: Course of Empire continues at Magenta Plains (149 Canal Street, Chinatown, Manhattan) through March 1.

Every few hundred thousand years, Earth’s magnetic poles flip, turning north into south and south into north. These ...

A previously unknown painting by Pablo Picasso has emerged from the shadows of history, hidden beneath a Blue Period ...

Human Remains Found in a Poland Cave Contain Unusual Markings, Proved to Be Indications of Cannibalism Early humans were ...

Archaeologists are still unraveling the mysteries of an unusual burial site in Dijon, France, which dates to between 450 and ...

In Autun, France, archaeologists discovered a 1,600-year-old fabric woven with gold threads in an ancient burial site. The fabric, once a symbol of elite aristocracy, was found in a lead coffin, along ...

At the National Museum of African Art, a Washington, D.C. artist’s work illuminates a gallery room and honors 54 people who ...

Italian artist AleXsandro Palombo uses his art to combat indifference and educate young people about the Holocaust.