Pieces of limestone buildings, marble and granite royal statues, and the remains of a merchant ship are among the relics of an ancient sunken city retrieved by Egyptian authorities off the shores of Alexandria. Dating back more than 2,000 years, the artifacts were...
The mural is a remnant of an interior atrium from a pre-Hispanic ceremonial temple. (all photos courtesy Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú) Anthropomorphic forms, motifs of fishing nets and the Andes night sky, and renderings of coastal flora and fauna are...
The sky has been a source of inspiration for artists since time immemorial. But our collective understanding of just how far into the past artistic representations of this expanse may reach — and how faithfully they reflect actual cosmology — is an ever-changing...