Anime is any animation originating in Japan. Gabriel and the Guardians is what you would call “anime-inspired” since it isn’t ...

Lapis lazuli, valued like gold, has a rich 6,000-year history. Its primary source is Afghanistan's Badakhshan province, where ancient mines in Sar-e-Sang have been producing the brilliant blue stone ...

The show found a temporary home at the museum largely thanks to the inspiration and practical endeavor of Oded Halahmy, an 86-year-old Iraqi-born Israeli-American artist.

But above all, the Sumerians were a kingdom of sculptors who, in seesawing between realism and abstraction, seem almost modern. A design on a piece of pottery in early Mesopotamian art showing ...

At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, ...

The Worcester Art Museum (WAM) in Massachusetts concluded an agreement this week with the Italian culture ministry to return two antiquities from its permanent collection—a black-figure amphora ...

Geoff Keighey's non-E3 summer gaming event, the Summer Game Fest, is back for 2025. It will be held in Downtown Los Angeles from June 7th through the 9th. Summer Game Fest also coincides with the ...

Archaeologists discovered clusters of red ocher drawings scattered on rocks and cliffs across Canaima National Park—and have some theories on who made the mysterious art. Dots, tectiforms ...

Nestled in the heart of Jharkhand lies Chiruddi, a small village that breathes art. Here, the walls of houses are more than just structures — they are canvases. Every year, women in the village bring ...

For more than a century, the ancient Indus script has mystified researchers. Left behind by the Indus Valley civilization, which emerged more than five millennia ago in present-day India and ...

The Mesopotamian civilisation is the oldest civilisation ... The oldest civilisation in the world is widely recognised as the Sumerian civilisation, which emerged in Mesopotamia, specifically ...