Whose Art? A Debate Erupts Over Antiquities
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American museums are returning some of the world's great antiquities to their original homes. Should they? A new debate over who owns the past is underway.
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A debate over an anthropologist's book on ancient Hebrew history isn't just academic &#151; it's spilled over into an online dispute between critics trying to keep her from getting tenure and supporters who say the effort stifles scholarly freedom.
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The renewed appetite for art as an investment is drawing attention to a small number of scholars who have been applying economics to this new asset class.
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If it is indeed time to move on from this Mona Lisa mystery, many others persist.
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Researchers employ modern technology in hopes of solving a dusty mystery: Was the famous Pharaoh murdered? The examination begins a process aimed at restoring and preserving the boy king's blackened remains.
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The presence of Sothebyâs and Christieâs at the European Fine Art Fair has caused a stir among dealers who have long considered the auction houses their biggest competitors.
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For centuries, the "Mona Lisa" has beguiled art buffs unable to resist speculating on its origins and meaning. Now a French inventor claims to have some answers, including the fate of the enigmatic subject's famously missing eyebrows and lashes.
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Pray or pay. At dozens of Italian churches struggling to preserve art treasures from Byzantine mosaics to Baroque paintings, that is the choice many visitors must make.
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BamiyanÂs Buddhist relics are again the focus of debate: Is it possible to restore the great Buddhas?
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BamiyanÂs Buddhist relics are once again the focus of debate: Is it possible to restore the great Buddhas?
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Foreign collectors want them. Newly minted local millionaires want them. The rise and rise of the country's modern artists
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David Hockney's controversial theory that early Renaissance painters used cameralike devices has been challenged by researchers using digital techniques.
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CAIRO, Egypt -- Egypt might copyright its pharaonic antiquities, from the pyramids to scarab beetles, in an attempt to get paid from the sale of replicas, an official said Thursday.
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A name in a clay tablet appears to buttress the historical accuracy of the Biblical text
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A feud flares over an ancient skull that may or may not have belonged to a new species of human
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Art collectors spend millions to buy masterpieces, but the masterpiece they buy today could prove to be virtually worthless tomorrow if they aren&#39;t careful.
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German academics believe they have solved the centuries-old mystery behind the identity of the "Mona Lisa" in Leonardo da Vinci's famous portrait.