As an offspring of Aditi, a Vedic entity representing infinity, Surya is one of the twelve Adityas, which also include Indra, ...

Drawing heavily from antiquity, the Byzantine contribution to education and higher learning is immense, despite often being overlooked.

Days before Valentine's Day in 1979, a two century old bust of the Greek God Hermes was stolen in broad daylight out of the ...

From mythical guardians to symbols of transformation and terror, the snake has slithered its way into the annals of art ...

The two black-figure ceramics will remain on view at the Massachusetts museum for up to eight years as part of a new ...

An overview of Ancient Greek art, including painting, sculpture and architecture, and a look at how it changed over the years ...

Here we delve inside Egypt's pyramids to reveal their many treasures and secrets, while also shining a light on Egypt's ...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has launched a short game, Art Links, that invites players to identify common threads among ...

A rare and well-preserved Corinthian helmet used by many hoplite warriors in ancient Greece is up for auction later this ...

Dan and Becky Okrent spent seven years on the Met Project, a labor of love that took them from ancient Sumer to Synchronism.

A mix of ancient divinities, Aphrodite was patron over love, beauty, fertility, and war. But the venerated Greek deity has a ...