"We weren't actually looking for a pot of gold." Archaeologists were recently excavating a house from the third century B.C.E ...

A new exhibition at the Jewish Museum explores the cult of Queen Esther, whose story won the hearts of Dutch Masters and some ...

Since Zemfira Kajarova arrived in the hill village of Kosalari in southern Georgia as a newly wed almost 50 years ago, she ...

The first realistic depiction of an outpatient clinic in ancient Greece is on a drawing on a small vase created in Athens around 470 B.C. now on display at the Louvre Museum in France. The drawing on ...

About an hour outside of London, Thames Carpets sells handmade carpets mostly from the Middle East. The business goes back ...

Sense of Persia, an event directed by Sima Ahvaz that showcased Persian culture, was held for the third time in Dubai (Feb.

A marble statue of Hermes along with statue fragments of ancient Greek deities have been unearthed during excavations at the ...

Though influenced by Persian rugs, the Borchalo carpets produced by Zemfira and other local weavers are made of woollen yarn, rather than silk, and rely on bold, striking designs on a limited ...

The Maximal Miniatures exhibition, a curated collection on display at MEI’s gallery until May 23, 2025, is interested in the ...

A 12th century Nepali sculpture that had regularly been on display at the Art Institute of Chicago is being returned to its native country — after new research found the object had originally ...