Rising sales this fall gave a boost to Sotheby’s and Christie’s, spurring younger bidders to seek out luxury goods as older ...

Over 8,000 years ago, early farming communities in northern Mesopotamia were already thinking mathematically—long before ...

Rome has opened two subway stations. One is deep beneath the Colosseum that mixes the modernity of high-tech transport with ...

Lift your holiday spirits with art by discovering 20 of the best Christmas paintings ever created, from the Byzantine period through today!

This spring semester, Princeton will offer eight courses that largely incorporate the museum into their curriculums.

"Evocative intimacy entices both artists and viewers." Amrita Sura explores Renaissance portrayals of the Nativity scene.

The Moslem followers of Mohammed the Conqueror who triumphantly stormed Constantinople in 1453 were so successful in covering up all traces of Christianity that for almost five centuries Byzantine art ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — In the world of art, some acquisitions aren’t just about expanding a collection—they’re about rewriting the map of scholarship and cultural understanding. That’s exactly what ...

(ESSAY) When I began exploring the history of Christianity and the art and architecture it inspired, I had no idea it would lead me to one of the closest friendships of my life. That friend was Alexei ...

Hassan Ismail of the Idlib Museum takes notes at a Byzantine underground tomb complex, believed to be over 1,500 years old, uncovered by a contractor during reconstruction of a war-damaged house in ...

Believed to be more than 1,500 years old from the Byzantine Empire, the ruins were found in Maarat al-Numan in Idlib province, located on the route between the cities of Aleppo and Damascus. A Syrian ...

The remains of an underground Byzantine tomb complex believed to be 1,500 years old was discovered in northern Syria, highlighting the rich cultural heritage of the country that has suffered massive ...