Ashour was born in 1946 in Tamadur Alley in the Karmouz district of Alexandria, a popular district that welcomed people from ...

An unusual depiction of the ancient Egyptian sky goddess Nut may include a representation of the "Dark River" or "Great Rift" ...

Archeologists believe the Great Sphinx of Giza doesn't represent a mythological creature but an ancient pharaoh.

Researchers have uncovered the earliest-known depiction of the Milky Way in coffin art depicting the Egyptian sky goddess Nut ...

It took three Renaissance Masters to create the Duke of Ferrara's "Feast of the Gods," each leaving their own distinctive ...

Ancient depictions of the Egyptian sky goddess may represent one of the earliest visual interpretations of the Milky Way ...

Tomb art suggests the sky goddess Nut from ancient Egypt might reveal the oldest depiction of our galaxy.

The pieces in this exhibition convey a great sense of what it must have been like to encounter these works in their ...

Paleoartist John Gurche illuminated the art of reconstructing ancient human ancestors at an Ohio State lecture.

A new art exhibit digs into how everyday people — including the artist himself — adapt and reinvent themselves in tough times, from portraits of immigrant workers to paintings of masked children in a ...

It is difficult not to fall in love with the young Sibylle von Jülich-Kleve-Berg, as painted by Europe’s premier portraitist at the time of her wedding, in 1526. A young, grey-eyed, pale ...

"Much of the collection consists of portrait busts of emperors ... that many artists in ancient Rome were Greeks, some enslaved, who were adapting images from their homeland's cultural peak.