Encaustic painting, an age-old art form, combines beeswax, resin and pigment to create luminous, textured artworks. This ...

A prophecy about Alexander the Great is found in the Jewish Book of Daniel, which was written 200 years before his birth.

In response, God instructed Moses to make a serpent out of bronze and mount it on a pole. Anyone who had been bitten could look at the bronze serpent and would be healed. "The brazen serpent", with ...

The international media encourages its readers "to leave Mykonos and Santorini to the crowds and to seek out corners of Greece where they can enjoy history and myth in an atmosphere of intense ...

While excavating a historic hospital in France, a team of archaeologists uncovered dozens of Roman-era graves, some with ancient “curse tablets,” in what appears to be an all-male cemetery, according ...

By Sam Lubell Des Moines Art Center to Demolish Work and Pay Land Artist $900,000 The artist Mary Miss agreed to the settlement, ending a yearlong battle to save her work. The museum said her ...

Imagine a snake — coiled, elusive, and steeped in meaning — emerging from the depth of the world's cultural history to leave ...