Archaeologists often seek to understand ancient cultures by studying images left behind on rock faces. While these images ...

The 19th-century painter captured the taste and habits of a Gilded Age industrialist in this perfectly composed still life.

You see the ‘Do not touch’ symbol in museums,” the museum’s senior curator said. “We have the ‘Please touch’ symbol.” ...

UC San Diego’s Smith Seaweed Ecology Lab is digitizing its collection of more than 5,000 pressings and making it accessible ...

A flipped Roman glass cup revealed symbols once thought decorative but now understood as ancient makers’ marks. In the quiet atmosphere of a museum gallery, Hallie Meredith noticed an unexpected ...

A recent genome study reveals that domestic cats were introduced to Europe from North Africa around 2,000 years ago during early Roman times. The findings challenge previous theories of cat ...

The Pecos River murals are a stunning collection of monumental, multicolored rock paintings in limestone rock shelters across ...

Texas murals in the Lower Pecos reveal a 4,000-year-old worldview shared across the Americas, according to new archaeological ...

Culture is no longer defined only by galleries, theaters, or music venues. Today, cultural expression is just as likely to ...

Discover 10 must-see Route 66 attractions in Oklahoma, from iconic roadside oddities to historic landmarks, as the Mother ...

With The Court of Owls, Snyder and Capullo introduced one of the best new mythologies in modern Batman lore. As Bruce tries ...

During the age of emperors, Roman sculpture was of artistic, religious, and political importance, and often took on epic ...