The Airavateshvara Temple, built during the 11th-12th century in Tamil Nadu, features an ancient optical illusion. The carvings depict an elephant and a bull sharing the same head. Observing which ...

Stewards are to be stationed next to a statue of Molly Malone in Dublin to discourage people from touching it. Dublin City Council is running a pilot scheme for a week in May after complaints of ...

A life-sized statue has been discovered in Pompeii of an ancient Roman woman thought to have been a priestess in a fertility cult. The statue decorated the façade of a monumental tomb dedicated ...

The artist is 87 now and under constant medical care. But he was determined to make it to Paris for the exhibition of his life. By Eleanor Stanford The 2,000-year-old Torlonia collection of ...

Life-size depiction of a couple: a man and a woman. Credit: Ministero della Cultura (The Italian Ministry of Culture) Archaeologists have uncovered two nearly lifesized sculptures of a man and a woman ...

April 2, 2025 • A new White House executive order says the exhibition is an example of how the Smithsonian portrays "American and Western values as inherently harmful and oppressive." ...