Ziggurats were mudbrick temples designed to bridge heaven and earth, anchoring religion, power, and architecture in the ancient Near East for thousands of years.

Unlike the Egyptian pyramids, ziggurats were not places of royal burials, but temples dedicated to the patron deity of a city ...

Stefania Terre, who is blind, uses a small light on her fingers while touching a life-size reproduction of the head of ...

Aldo Grassini and Daniela Bottegoni, both blind, who founded in 1993 the Omero Tactile Museum, the first publicly funded tactile museum in Italy, pose for a portrait in their home in Ancona, Italy, ...

“Young Lion Resting” (c1638-42) is co-owned by the Franco-American collector and metals billionaire Thomas Kaplan and by Jon ...

Introduction / Joan Aruz -- The Middle Bronze Age / Mogens Trolle Larsen -- Babylon / Béatrice André-Salvini -- Mari / Jean-Claude Margueron -- Ebla / Paolo Matthiae -- The development of trade routes ...

Aquarius the Water Bearer represents those who bring with them new and refreshing ideas ...

The word “harem” appears numerous times in the Epstein files, revealing the disgraced financier’s unsettling Orientalist ...

Recent archaeological discoveries at the Bair Mound monument shed new light on the religious and cultural diversity of the region in the 3rd century BC. Among the most significant finds are a ...

Her painting series is a record of those grand and mundane places lost to time or other occurrences, whose presence we ...

You can still expect fabulous beaches where sunrise yoga and sunset happy hours are commonplace, but in the Sunshine City, this is alongside global art exhibitions, craft brew tours and acclaimed ...

The town of Paarl, one of the oldest towns in the country, not only offers visitors world-class wine tasting, but also ...