The restoration of the Temple of Edfu has revealed ancient Egyptian paintings dating back thousands of years. The Temple of Edfu is dedicated to the worship of the god Horus, according to the Ministry ...

Greek mythology has been reflected in paintings and hundreds of vivid works that have come to be considered masterpieces.

For decades, the story of art was simple: humans arrived, creativity followed. Cave paintings, symbolic markings, and ...

Asheville Crankie Fest is a celebration of artists, musicians and makers. This is the inaugural festival to celebrate the ...

A painting made inside a cave in Mexico, which houses art made centuries ago, has been carved from the wall by looters with an electric saw, archaeologists said. The cave, known as La Cueva Pinta, is ...

A group of scientists has used a new technique to uncover details in an ancient Etruscan painting. Etruscans were a group of people on the Italian peninsula about 2500 years ago before Rome came to ...

Bad news, pineapple pizza haters – a painting recently discovered at the Pompeii archeological site indicates the first pizza precursors were likely topped with fruit. The newly uncovered fresco ...

The Greek astronomer Hipparchus, who lived around 120 BCE, usually gets credit for discovering the equinoxes and their relationship to the zodiac constellations. But in a controversial new study, ...

An extinct and previously unknown species of goose has been identified from an ancient Egyptian painting that once adorned the walls of a mastaba, or tomb, according to a recently published analysis.