Archaeology Archaeologists Have Discovered a 3,200-Year-Old Mural of a Knife-Wielding Spider God in Peru The mural is believed to be the work of the ancient Cupisnique culture. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 26, 2021
Archaeology Archaeologists Have Discovered the Lost Ruins of Maryland’s Earliest Colonial Settlement Established in 1634, St. Mary's Fort was the fourth permanent English settlement in North America. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 25, 2021
Archaeology The World’s Earliest Known Wooden Statue Is More Than Twice as Old as Stonehenge, New Research Suggests At 12,500 years old, the Shigir Idol is the world's oldest wooden art—and should make us reconsider assumptions about prehistoric society. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 22, 2021
Auctions A 15th-Century Chinese Porcelain Bowl Bought for $35 at a Connecticut Yard Sale Just Sold for Over $700,000 at Auction There are only six other bowls of its kind known to exist. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 18, 2021
Archaeology A New Book Suggests That Some of the Prehistoric World’s Most Innovative Art Resulted From Collaborations Between Homo Sapiens and Neanderthals A new book suggests prehistoric art may have stemmed from a vibrant cultural exchange. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 17, 2021
Law Italy Can Evict Steve Bannon’s School for Far-Right ‘Gladiators’ From an 800-Year-Old Monastery, the Country’s Top Court Rules The decision effectively ends a years-long court battle between the former Trump strategist and the Italian Culture Ministry. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 17, 2021
Science & Tech This Mysterious Ancient Greek Device May Be the First Computer. Now Scientists Have Just Taken a Big Step Towards Making It Work The Antikythera Mechanism has been recreated in a computer simulation—yet enigmas still remain. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 15, 2021
Art World An 11-Year-Old Boy Found an Iron Age Fertility Totem, the Second of Its Kind Ever Identified, on a Family Hiking Trip in Israel Archaeologists are thrilled by the find. By Artnet News, Mar 10, 2021
Law A Trove of Islamic Artifacts Will Return to the Museum That Sought to Sell Them Off After the Al Thani Collection Foundation Stepped In Sotheby's helped broker the deal between the Museum for Islamic Art in Jerusalem and the Al Thani Collection Foundation. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 10, 2021
Politics Six Years Ago, ISIS Brutally Attacked an Iraqi Museum. See Inside the Effort to Bring It Back to Life Today Last week marked the anniversary of ISIS's attack on the Mosul Cultural Museum. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 2, 2021
Art World Half the Board Overseeing Pompeii Has Resigned in Protest Against the Hiring of a New Director They Say Lacks Experience Last month, Gabriel Zuchtriegel was hired to lead the famed archeological site for the next four years. By Artnet News, Mar 1, 2021
Art World The Director of ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Will Explore a String of High-Profile Chinese Art Heists in His Next Film Jon M. Chu looks at the intriguing possibility that the heists are an act of DIY repatriation by the Chinese government. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 26, 2021
Archaeology An Amateur Metal Detectorist Has Unearthed a Rare Stash of 1,000-Year-Old Viking Jewelry on the Isle of Man The hoard may have been buried amid an invasion. By Artnet News, Feb 19, 2021
Archaeology In an Astounding Discovery, Archaeologists in Alaska Have Uncovered Italian Glass That Came to America Decades Before Columbus The blueberry-sized beads traveled some 10,000 miles from Venice to get to the Americas more than five centuries ago. By Artnet News, Feb 18, 2021
Art World Conservators Say Murals in a Bavarian Church Date Back 1,000 Years, Making Them Among the Oldest Christian Artworks in Europe For centuries, the images were covered by layers of paint. By Artnet News, Feb 17, 2021
