Picking one period or dynasty to represent the entirety of this era was far too difficult. So I’ve decided that I will be dedicating two blog posts to Near Eastern art. Today’s blog post will be ...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City has returned an ancient Sumerian sculpture to Iraq following an internal review by the institution, which recently appointed a head of provenance ...

The ibex is far from a humble mountain goat—it’s one of history’s most enduring artistic symbols. So prolific is its presence in prehistoric art, in fact, that a new study suggests the animal held ...

When visitors arrive to see “Cursed! The Power of Magic in the Ancient World” at the Toledo Museum of Art, they will find the ...

Objects that were believed to have some form of magic effect are part of an exhibition exploring how ancient cultures tried to change the world around them ...