Archaeologists have found a trove of artifacts, including two statues of the goddess Venus, in a Roman-era quarry-turned-trash-dump. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Venus of Willendorf—an 11.1 cm tall stone figure carved 30,000 years ago from oolitic limestone by Europe’s first people, the Gravettians—is one of the world’s most important cultural artifacts.

In a rare meeting between the classical and the contemporary, Gagosian’s Paris gallery has staged a show pairing an ancient Roman sculpture with work by Jean-Michel Basquiat. The sculpture of the ...

In October of 1907, the Tanana Valley celebrated “Alaska Day” and an interesting object of Fairbanks art was created around that same time from Fairbanks gold. This igneous History Nugget has been ...

Tucked away inside a corner of the University of Kansas’s Lippincott Hall is a little-known museum called the Wilcox ...

Jul. 11—Members of the Ouleout Valley Cemetery board watched as the statue of Venus Rising from the Sea was lowered into place atop a fountain Tuesday morning, July 11. It's been almost 50 years since ...

Archaeologists in France have discovered a trove of up to 1,800-year-old artifacts — including statuettes of the goddess Venus, a potter's kiln, coins and clothing pins — in a rare location: a Roman ...