Long before writing, the Ubaid culture created a series of unsettling figurines unlike almost anything else from the ancient ...

We are all born naked, and sculptures of the human body in its natural state are as old as humankind. In the history of art, nudity does not have just one meaning; it can express everything from ...

Early Greek statues had their left leg sticking out as a tradition borrowed from Egypt, something that gave way to natural ...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Investigators believe that the theft of several ancient statues dating back to the Roman era from Syria’s national museum was likely the work of an individual, not an organized ...

Authorities in Damascus are investigating the theft of several ancient Roman-era statues from Syria’s National Museum, an incident officials believe was carried out by an individual rather than an ...

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