Michelangelo was the archetypal Renaissance man who found immense fame in his lifetime and is still remembered as one of the ...

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Art from ancient Thrace is often flashy and brusque, as befits a warrior tribe. The archaic society was known for the prowess ...

Massive Levantine-Egyptian stone head of a pharaoh, Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 B.C. Likely from a monumental sphinx, wearing royal 'nemes' headdress ...

Herodes Atticus' projects shaped 2nd-century Greece, blending rhetoric, philanthropy and architecture in a legacy of lasting impact.

Excavations in the ancient city of Perge have led to the discovery of five statues from different historical periods. Among the discoveries is an approximately two-meter-high statue of Aphrodite, ...

In 1963, Indonesia’s founding President Sukarno commissioned the first five-star hotel in Bali using money from Japanese ...

UK scientists used AI to "virtually unroll" ancient scrolls charred by Mount Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago. UK scientists ...

Split is a bustling metropolis, serious port city, majortransit hub, and top sightseeing destination, all rolled into one.

The 1.5 million acre Lake Mead National Recreation Area covers “mountains, canyons, valleys and two vast lakes,” the National ...

By 1600 b.c., less than one in 20 bones found at sites in the Levant typically come from pigs, and most of those appear to be ...

The Palace of Parliament in Bucharest, Romania, stands as a monumental symbol of power and authority. Renowned for its ...