Archaeologists discovered clusters of red ocher drawings scattered on rocks and cliffs across Canaima National Park—and have some theories on who made the mysterious art.

Rising mountain peaks and sharp rock formations cover the ocean floor, with corals, sponges, fish, and tons of sea creatures ...

Naomi Sarna has been working on a grapefruit-size sculpture of a Siamese fighting fish, coaxing it from a piece of blue ...

Scientists became the first to use a cutting-edge laser imaging technique, using it to analyze the tattoos on 1,200-year-old ...

Inspired by historic tapestries and manuscript illumination, her work applies an age-old craft to contemporary challenges ...

First, Rey introduces viewers to an excavation site of the Sumerian city of Girsu in modern-day Iraq, where, among other projects, his team has worked to restore the world’s oldest bridge. He then ...

These days, more than 30 percent of Americans sport tattoos—but there’s nothing new about our fascination with body art. As tattoos take over contemporary culture, scientists are looking to the past ...

Sonia Landy Sheridan, Drawing in Time, 1982-83. The Daniel Langlois Foundation Collection of the Cinémathèque Québécoise. Sonia Landy Sheridan fonds. Photo Cinémathèque Québécoise ...

3 In the paper Different Types of Egalitarian Societies and the Development of Inequality in Early Mesopotamia (2007), Marcella Frangipane ... is ongoing, however clear patterns are emerging. The ...

Consumers often face manipulative tactics by companies using dark patterns to influence their purchasing decisions. These include price discrepancies between mobile devices, hidden costs ...

If the Buddhist art is meant to guide us to enlightenment, it just as often reveals the blood, beauty, and mystery of earthly life.

A cuneiform tablet from ancient Mesopotamia describes the practice of extispicy, where diviners interpreted patterns in the entrails of sacrificed animals. This contrasts with Oscar Wilde’s ...