"I'm trying to just educate people on some of the cultural traditions of the ancient world," he said. "I think people really ...

The origin of the Etruscans is something that has fascinated researchers for many years. In fact, there was even some debate ...

A rectangular marble relief portrays Hermes striding to the right in profile with only his right arm in view holding the infant Dionysos in front of him. The infant is wrapped in an ample folded ...

This is also when the earliest Etruscan monumental tombs appear. It is also when the earliest Etruscan art which has come to characterize them appears. The same can be said about Etruscan sculpture ...

In spite of the cursory execution, the figure’s hairstyle and animated face are representative of a central Italian style that fused late Etruscan, Hellenistic, and Roman art (4). 1. See W. Oddy et al ...

Christopher Hallett, Professor Emeritus, Departments of History of Art and Ancient Greek and Roman Studies, University of ...

SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA—According to a Xinhua report, a sandstone door guardian statue, or Dvarapala, has been uncovered near the second gate at the Banteay Prei temple in northwestern Cambodia’s ...

Sarcophagus of the Spouses, a masterpiece of Etruscan art, now in the Louvre Museum. Credit: Wikimedia Commons / Ecelan CC BY-SA 2.5 What is the basis for the suggestion that the Etruscans might have ...

It’s been roughly five years since Artnet columnist Kenny Schachter scored a major art scoop by revealing that the most expensive painting ever sold—Leonardo da Vinci’s portrait of Christ ...