Archaeologists working in an ancient Mayan city have unearthed a mysterious 1,700-year-old altar whose bright decorations and ...

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Through 45 artworks made between the 1880s and the 1920s, a new exhibition spotlights the Norwegian artist's sometimes ...

Just steps from the center of Tikal, a 2,400-year-old Maya city in the heart of modern-day Guatemala, a global team of ...

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Israeli researchers from Tel Aviv University proposed a theory explaining the mysterious presence of small children in ...

Gustav Klimt's portrait of a West African prince is valued at €15 million and currently on offer at an art fair. But what's the story behind the painting? For the longest time, "Portrait of ...

The collection up for sale includes journals and cookbooks that inmate Albert Jones has written from death row. The ...