More than 8,000 years ago, ancient farming communities in Mesopotamia were already thinking mathematically, using art to ...

These ruins of the city of Babylon in Iraq date to the Neo-Babylonian Empire (626–539 B.C.). A 22-inch-high basalt stela depicting Babylon’s king Nabonidus (r. 556–539 B.C.) shows him wearing a ...

Over 8,000 years ago, early farming communities in northern Mesopotamia were already thinking mathematically—long before ...

Researchers investigate hundreds of motifs made by Halafians and determine that they exhibited mathematical themes.

Across the globe, a race is under way to crack some of the last mysterious forms of writing that have never been translated.

An art lover’s view of the city museums For a medium-sized capital city, Lisbon has a proliferation of public art collections. The art museums in Lisbon should be better known. One of the most ...

Mumbai: Trump may have recently lowered duties on Indian spices but centuries before US tariffs, Roman-occupied England taxed ...

The art world moved forward with glowing renovations to some of New York City’s cultural jewels, as well as sweeping surveys ...