UNESCO World Heritage Sites are places of outstanding cultural or natural importance recognized for their universal value to ...

Oct. 30, 2024 — Geneticists have deciphered the prehistory of aurochs -- the animals that were the focus of some of the most iconic early human art -- by analyzing 38 genomes harvested from ...

Partly built starting in 1145, and then reconstructed over a 26-year period after the fire of 1194, Chartres Cathedral marks the high point of French Gothic art. The vast nave, in pure ogival style, ...

By Eleanor Stanford The 2,000-year-old Torlonia collection of Roman sculptures, now at the Art Institute of Chicago, has the urgency of the greatest contemporary art. By Jason Farago Textile ...

These are the 25 countries which are home to the most significant cultural, historical and natural sites, according to UNESCO.

For the past three seasons, Eddie Mahan’s North Laurel Lady Jaguars have dominated the 13th Region, winning three consecutive regional titles — the ... mirroring the Laurel County High School Lady ...

Experts believe the rare artefact dates back to the late 12th or early 13th century. “I was amazed to see a thin line of gold in the clod of mud that I had dug up, and as I wiped away the ...

As a result, animals turned up "in any possible context where art would be made", from wall paintings and carved doorways to clothing and coats of arms. It's no secret that medieval animal paintings ...

The West hadn’t rediscovered Euclid and Aristotle yet, but Adelard of Bath and his students were in Syria poring over the Arabic texts that would eventually ignite the Western Renaissance. Muslims had ...

At that early stage of his career, Whiteley was “launching himself towards the future with formidable ambition”, Art Gallery of New South Wales emeritus curator Barry Pearce wrote in the ...

From music therapy to groundbreaking medical practices, the 13th-century Gevher Nesibe Complex showcases the innovative spirit of the Seljuk era Nestled within the majestic walls of a 13th-century ...