Cecrops, Athens’ first king, banned bloody sacrifices and reformed worship with laws, morality, and symbolic offerings.

This detailed exploration sorts out fact from meme regarding “biblically accurate angels,” examining how ancient scriptures portrayed messengers of God. While popular depictions range from humanoid ...

A new study unveils the potential reason children participated in creating prehistoric cave art. In prehistoric societies, ...

The Register presents five of Tissot’s works that reflect Christ’s path, with reflections.

Artists and scientists are finding ways to highlight troublesome plants and animals, tell their stories and, in some cases, ...

A study of 16 Medieval manuscripts in Clairvaux Abbey in France found they were bound in a surprising material: sealskin.

The silver Kiddush cup, an object used to sanctify the Shabbat and Jewish holidays, evidences medieval Jewish communities in Central Asia.

Now on view at The Cheech in Riverside, a retrospective features dozens of pieces from the pioneering Chicana artist Amalia Mesa-Bains.

Amy Sherald, who painted former First Lady Michelle Obama's portrait in 2018, has a major survey of her work opening this ...

Trump and other conservatives have railed against what they see as inappropriate focus by national parks and other historical sites on America's history of enslavement, land theft and discrimination.

A newly discovered altar, buried near the center of the ancient Maya city of Tikal, is shedding new light on the ...