Everything We Ask of Art Is in These Marbles
The 2,000-year-old Torlonia collection of Roman sculptures, now at the Art Institute of Chicago, has the urgency of the ...
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Art Collector Athanasios Polychronopoulos Is Bringing A.I. Art to Delphi
When you stand in this place, you feel the energy and the beauty of the view, which motivates you to do something for the ...
In Ancient Greece and Rome, who were the harpies, and why did they stink so much?
Much like similar derogatory titles “siren” and “fury”, the term “harpy” is derived from a group of monstrous female figures ...
Why children may have taken part in creating prehistoric cave art
A team of Tel Aviv University researchers from the field of prehistoric archaeology has proposed an innovative hypothesis ...
Ancient alligator-sized amphibians died under mysterious circumstances
It probably spent most, if not all, of its life in the water eating… anything unfortunate enough to venture too far into the ...
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A Life-Sized Statue of a Bejeweled Ancient Priestess Is Unearthed in Pompeii
Two life-sized statues have been unearthed in Pompeii, including a bejewelled priestess of the ancient goddess Ceres.
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Archaeologists Uncover Two Nearly Life-Size Statues Carved Into the Wall of a Tomb in Ancient Pompeii
The figures appear to represent a married couple. Experts think the woman, who is holding laurel leaves, may have been a ...
It’s among the largest collections of Michelangelo sculptures ever shown. But there’s a catch
The SMK in Copenhagen couldn’t move the Italian artist’s sculptures, so it’s showing reproductions in the show “Michelangelo Imperfect,” including a new set of ‘identical’ 3D-printed works made by ...
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Art and Design
By Eleanor Stanford The 2,000-year-old Torlonia collection of Roman sculptures, now at the Art Institute of Chicago, has the urgency of the greatest contemporary art. By Jason Farago Textile ...
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Ancient Egypt: Facts about the ancient civilization known for its pyramids, mummies and pharaohs
Dates: 3100 B.C. to 30 B.C. Writing: Hieroglyphics, a writing system that uses pictures; hieratic, a quicker type of "cursive"; and demotic, a written short-form script Ancient Egypt's gods ...
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Far-right French leader Marine Le Pen banned from public office after being found guilty of embezzlement
PARIS — A French court on Monday barred Marine Le Pen from seeking public office for five years, with immediate effect, for embezzlement — a hammer blow to the far-right leader’s ...
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Ancient Civilizations
A new study presents a different theory, which challenges existing ideas about early class structures Cool Finds The 3-year-old picked up an ancient Canaanite scarab that dates back to the Middle ...