In the 1900s, companies in India turned to fine artists to channel their creativity and give their brand its identity with a ...

The author's new series The Rise of the Energy Warriors is set entirely in Pakistan, and, as she puts it, belongs to the soil ...

Painter William Birch moved to Philadelphia from England in 1794 and made a name for himself for his exquisite enamel copies ...

Archaeologists in Licata, Sicily were recently exploring the remains of the ancient Greek colony Finziade when they came ...

Alexander the Great was the first person to put his own image on Greek coins, hitherto the preserve ... holding Victory in her hand with a spear and shield, and the inscription naming King Alexander.

Associate Professor and Director, Ancient Israel Program ... Alexander the Great was the first person to put his own image on Greek coins, hitherto the preserve of the gods.

Fast-forward two millennia and the paintwork has long since faded, giving rise to a range of colourless copycats that would ...

Corinthian helmets were symbols of the Greek ... the helmet belonged to a hoplite, a kind of ancient Greek foot soldier who wore heavy armor to shield themselves. "No part of the hoplite panoply ...

Herms were also believed to provide protection against enemies—not unlike the huge circular shields carried by Greek ... symbols. The destruction included vases, herms, statuary and temples and lasted ...

Animals have played a multitude of roles in the City of London’s 2,000-year history, so there is a veritable menagerie of ...

If not for the work of two scholars, Alice Kober and Michael Ventris, the ancient Greek script Linear B would likely still be ...