The real reason why ancient statues always seem to be naked has finally been uncovered ...

A figurine from the age of pharaohs and pyramids has been found on a beach in Israel by a surprised beachgoer. Lydia Marner, 74, found the ancient Egyptian figurine on Palmachim Beach in southern ...

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Universalist explanation and prehistoric figures -- Comparison and context -- The questions we ask of images -- A cross-cultural explanation for female figurines? -- Mesoamerican figurines and the ...

When it comes to ancient Egypt, archaeologists never know what they might find – and visitors are bound to be dazzled by the displays in the recently opened Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo. In recent ...

In recent decades, classical scholarship has shown that contrary to the gleaming white aspect they bear today, Greco-Roman statues and temples were flamboyantly painted. Cecilie Brøns, a researcher at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When it was made: The Neo-Assyrian period, circa 900 to 600 B.C. This small, bronze figurine is the best-known depiction of the ...

Researchers have discovered a trove of ancient clay puppets at an archaeological site in El Salvador. The five carved figurines are about 2,400 years old, and they may help shed new light on an ...

The 20th-century art historian Kenneth Clark made a distinction between the “naked,” meaning unclothed and ashamed, and the “nude,” meaning the body in its most beautiful form. Most people today use ...

Modern historians tend to underestimate the role of technical ingenuity in achieving these dazzling ancient artworks ...

Ancient Egyptian and Roman figurines discovered in Poland were abandoned by a wealthy Polish family fleeing the country during World War II, officials said. Photo from Science in Poland Several ...