An intaglio object made of black limestone in the shape of a cylinder. It stands upright on a dark grey background. There is an engraved figure of a standing, thin bearded man. His body is shown at a ...
For Li, this return is not just a personal comeback, but a celebration of heritage, culture and the delicate beauty of China's ancient art forms. Li's return was met with overwhelming enthusiasm ...
It is yet again evidence of the enduring prestige of ancient Greek events and their globally accepted humanistic ideals through art and sport. Delphi, Temple of Apollo. Credit: Berthold Werner / ...
One of ancient Egypt’s earliest deities, Min was thought to be the embodiment of male sexual fertility. In iconography, he is often holding his erect penis in one hand and the Lactuca serriola ...
Such skills could approach art. Numbers of ancient pieces including some of the handaxes would qualify as art by modern definitions, although we know little about the past intent. Such finds ...
"The only easy day was yesterday." The Navy SEALS mantra was in the forefront of my mind as the black van drove up in front of the hotel. It was 7:00 in the morning when we piled in and headed for ...
The couple stands on the edge of the sheer limestone cliff. More than 100 metres (328ft) beneath them is a lost world of ancient forests, plants and animals. All they can see is leafy tree tops ...
Schwartz discovered the finger-sized cylinder, along with three others bearing similar etchings, in a tomb at Tell Umm el-Marra, an ancient city ... on the cylinder seals parallels quite nicely ...
As a rule, early ancient Egyptian art depicts mostly female dancers, but there are exceptions. A well-preserved depiction from the third millennium B.C. comes from the early 2nd-dynasty tomb of ...
After that, Greek and Roman Art looked like pastry to me ... “Flight Into Egypt: Black Artists and Ancient Egypt 1876–Now” highlights almost 200 years of this return-to-self.