"For the first time in approximately 60 years, archaeological excavations have uncovered fragments of a biblical scroll," the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) said in a statement. 

"The British government has a firm and long-standing position on the sculptures: they were legally acquired by Lord Elgin, in accordance with the laws in force at the time," Johnson told Greek newspaper Ta Nea.

"The reason many go to the Louvre is to see the Mona Lisa, and the Sistine Chapel, the Creation of Adam. There are valuable masterpieces that can compare to that in the Lee collection," said the critic, who declined to be identified.

"Everydays: The First 5,000 Days" became the most expensive ever "non-fungible token" (NFT) -- a collectible digital asset that uses blockchain technology to turn virtual work into a unique item.

That was one of countless questions facing the managers of Glyndebourne, an opera house set in idyllic countryside in southern England, as they planned the 2021 summer festival whilst under COVID-19 lockdown.

Hindu ascetics known as Naga sadhus, many naked apart from a coating of ash and carrying swords or tridents, led the bathers at the Kumbh Mela, or pitcher festival, in the northern town of Haridwar.

A decade of war has not only destroyed Syria's present and poisoned its future, it has damaged beyond repair some of its fabled past.

A furtive peek into the country’s sensual art world.

About 100 high-profile Italians signed a letter demanding changes to the Treccani online dictionary after a similar campaign forced the Oxford English dictionary to alter its definition last year.

Zhao became the first Asian woman in history to win the best director Golden Globe and the first woman to win best drama with the semi-fictional film, which stars Oscar winner Frances McDormand alongside a rag-tag bunch of non-actors living on the open road in the American West.

The artwork shows a prisoner escaping on a rope made of bedsheets tied to a typewriter.

A newly renovated colossal mausoleum for the founder of the Roman empire Augustus has reopened to the public in the Italian capital after centuries of neglect.

Book illustrators long for a holistic publishing environment that rewards artists for their time and skills.

“We don’t know if it’s good or bad, we eat it simply because it’s easy and fast” - Indonesian artist Cynthia Delaney Suwito uses the staple meal to get her point across.

The artist's unique creations have been featured around the world but the exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum marks the first major retrospective in his 25-year career.

The January burglary of the Southeast Sulawesi museum shows that Indonesian museums need more support, funding and updating amid the international efforts to repatriate looted art and artifacts.

The ubiquitous paintings found in street food stalls did not arrive from nowhere; it came from one painter in East Java with big dreams

The site containing several "units" consisting of about 40 earthenware pots arranged in two rows was uncovered at North Abydos, Sohag, by a joint Egyptian-American team, the ministry said in a statement on its Facebook page.

Researchers believe some stones used at Stonehenge, near Salisbury in southwest England, were used in an earlier monument 175 miles (280 kilometres) away in southwest Wales.

The culture of secrecy of auction houses selling expensive art is ripe for exploitation by criminals.

"We aren't killing each other" - French ballet professionals take umbrage at their portrayal in popular culture.

Once known as dance music for poor Indonesians, Funktot is gaining popularity in the mainstream

The discovery happened while they were examining coloured textiles from Timna Valley, an ancient copper production district, they said in a joint statement this week.

Nearly four years after the assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's estranged half-brother, Kim Jong Nam, a new documentary seeks to shed light on the brazen airport murder and the involvement of the two young women accused of carrying it out.

“Stories Across Rising Lands” kicks off as a new exhibition at the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Nusantara (Museum MACAN).

Under a four-year partnership, the museum will create T-shirts and other clothing items together with the Uniqlo clothing brand for sale online as well as at stores. The items will be sold at Uniqlo stores in Japan and worldwide from Feb. 4.

A group of artists joins an exhibition at a newly opened creative space in Bandung.

A painting can be many things at once: a conversation starter, a think piece, an expression of ideals or even just something to spice up a room.

Travel restrictions will not keep art-lovers from attending more than 100 events that display the diverse range of works of 300 artists, including Indonesians, and curators worldwide.

Gorman, 22, recited "The Hill We Climb" at the inaugural, a poem inspired by the US Capitol attack touching on how democracy "can never be permanently defeated."