Ancient Greece has traditionally been periodized into five eras: the Bronze Age, Iron Age, Archaic Age, Classical Age, and Hellenistic Age ...

Anuradhapura was established in 4th century BCE by King Pandukabhaya, the first King of Sri Lanka. In the 3rd century BCE, King Ashoka sent his son Mahinda and daughter Sanghamitta to spread Buddhism ...

The ancient Chinese civilization has given rise to a strategic thought characterized by innovation, authenticity, and depth, shaped by the crucible of ...

India is home to some of the world’s most breathtaking heritage sites, and South India, in particular, boasts an array of ...

Story, water becomes both a literal and metaphorical stream of continuity—linking past and present, tradition and adaptation, ...

Or so one would think, looking at the current art scene. But a new and fascinating archeological finding shows that this has ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a large number of ancient megalithic structures and inscriptions in Kerala and Andhra Pradesh, ...

A three-foot statue of the Hindu deity Vishnu had washed ashore. The sculpture was broken in pieces, but experts recognized it as depicting Vishnu in the Janardanaya avatar, one of his 24 divine forms ...

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went for $13.8 million (over Rs 118 crore) at a Christie's auction in New York on March 19, setting the new record for the most expensive work of modern Indian art.

A passionate art collector, Volodarsky had acquired the canvas for his Oslo home when posted in Delhi in the mid-1950s as head of a World Health Organisation team that was in India to establish a ...

Sculptures in ancient Greece were covered with perfume just as bodies were. The practice was known as kosmesis, a “super-adornment” that also involved applying textiles and jewelry.