The helmet was most likely worn by a Greek soldier during the Greco-Persian wars. Credit: Israel Antiquities Authority A Greek helmet from the Persian Wars has recently been turned over to Israeli ...

Composer Harry Gregson-Williams understood the assignment when director Ridley Scott asked him to score “ Gladiator 2 .” “It ...

Ancient Greek statues and artistic treasures housed in Paris museums depict the Greeks' influence on the entire European continent.

Now, a study by Italian researchers reveals that some of these earliest proto-cuneiform signs may have evolved directly from motifs on prehistoric ... symbols carved into ancient Mesopotamian ...

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Nov. 19, 2024 — Leveraging a unique statistical analysis and applying it to ancient DNA extracted from human skeletal remains, a team of researchers has revealed new insights into how ancient ...

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In ancient Persia, the festival of Yalda celebrated the longest night with poetry readings, watermelon and pomegranates, and candlelight to symbolize the triumph of light over darkness.

The art objects, together with a selection of 16th to 18th century Persian rugs, which dramatize a later use of ancient design motifs, are on temporary loan from the collections of Hagop Kevorkian and ...

Ceramics salesman Wang Xiaowei says the city mainly makes four types of porcelain: qinghua porcelain (blue-and-white ...