Art
Copper Tomb Sculptures Show Rare Forms of Mesopotamian Portraiture
The ten statues in Founding Figures: Copper Sculpture from Ancient Mesopotamia, ca. 3300–2000 BC at the Morgan Library & Museum in Manhattan were never meant for our eyes.
Ancient Art
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In Brief
Cheery Skeleton Mosaic Found in Turkey Says, "Enjoy Your Life" [UPDATED]
Reclining by a wine jug and a portion of bread, a cup in one bony hand, the skeleton on a 3rd-century BCE mosaic discovered in Turkey has a simple message for its viewers: "Be cheerful, enjoy your life."
Art
Garments from the Graves of Late Antiquity
Over 50 examples of textile garments and furnishings are on view in Designing Identity: The Power of Textiles in Late Antiquity at New York University's Institute for the Study of the Ancient World.
In Brief
New Tests Date World's Oldest Wood Carving to 11,000 Years Ago
The world's oldest wood carving just got older.
In Brief
Discovery of Ancient Greek 'Palace' Reveals Fragments of a Lost Language
The Greek Ministry of Culture announced on August 25 that since 2009, archaeologists at a Mycenaean palace on Aghios Vassilios Hill on Greece's Sparta plain have unearthed numerous artifacts.
Art
New York City's Oldest Public Art Is Pompeii Ancient
New York City has public art that's older than the city itself.
Interview
Ancient Greek Crotch Shots: Ingrid Berthon-Moine's Balls #NSFW
London-based photographer Ingrid Berthon-Moine has taken advantage of the anatomical accuracy of Ancient Greek art to focus her lens on a very specific part of the male anatomy for her latest series, Marbles.
Opinion
Archeologists Discover Nearly 5,000 Ancient Cave Paintings in Mexico
Archeologists have discovered nearly 5,000 ancient paintings that depict humans, animals, astronomical imagery, and abstract designs in a series of caves in Mexico. Located near the Sierra de San Carlos mountain range, in the Burgos region of northeastern Mexico, the paintings are the work of three
Opinion
The Gate to Hell … Discovered
Welcome to the gates of hell! Or at least the ancient world's version of it. Pluto's Gate — Ploutonion in Greek, Plutonium in Latin — has recently been discovered and the digital rendering of it gives the site the mystique of a classical world video game.
News
Move Over Contemporary Art: Archaeologists 3D-Print Ancient Artifacts
On the heels of Hyperallergic's Hrag Vartanian predicting the rise of the 3D printed art object, Wired has a story about a project at Harvard in which archeologists are using the technology to recreate an ancient one.