Thanks to Hollywood, dinosaurs are very much back in style. The success of the "Jurassic Park" films has created much interest and curiosity in the prehistoric world of these massive creatures. The ...

Color perception is relative, optically and culturally. Take, for instance, the shade of Homer’s wine-dark sea: It depends on who is tossing about upon it, where, and when. Chroma: Ancient Sculpture ...

Includes pictures *Profiles Palmyra's origins, its relationship with Rome, its culture, and more *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents "At the ...

People living 2,000 years ago had beliefs and practices that were quite similar to — as well as quite different from — those inhabiting Earth today, Barbette Spaeth constantly reminds her students.

An NYU emeritus professor of history, sociology and comparative literature, Cantor does for antiquity what he did for medieval times in his acclaimed The Civilization of the Middle Ages. With his ...

The community invited to view and discuss a free display of art and artifacts from the Perry Foundation Collections and Loans. “The Development of Ancient Human Skills” will take place from 3 to 7 p.m ...

Archaeologists in Cyprus uncovered rare fortifications, palace remains, and preserved monuments at ancient Palaepaphos.

Aesop's Fables are some of the most famous ancient Greek tales with moral lessons in history, and many of the tales are used to guide children ...

The U.S. has repatriated two ancient looted sculptures, collectively valued at $275,000, to Iraq. One, a Sumerian alabaster bull, belonged to philanthropist Shelby White, a member of the Metropolitan ...

SAQQARA, Egypt — More than 2,600 years since they were buried, archaeologists in Egypt said Saturday they had found at least 59 ancient coffins in a vast necropolis south of the country's capital ...

I vowed to see the Parthenon on this, my fourth visit to Athens, and my friend Cathy and I arrived a few days before our cruise and booked a tour of the Acropolis, on one of the highest hills of the ...

In antiquities news today, Hobby Lobby agreed to pay a $3 million fine and forfeit thousands of illegally trafficked artifacts. Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn say the craft store and its owners, the ...