Three scholars will give fresh perspectives on ancient Persia in a symposium next month at the University of Colorado Boulder. “King and Kingship in Ancient Persia” is the theme of the Seventh Annual ...

The Cyrus Cylinder — one of the most famous objects to have survived from the ancient world — comes to the MFAH on a limited U.S. tour. A touchstone of civilization, the Cyrus Cylinder is truly an ...

Some of the treasures of Persian miniature painting and pottery are now on exhibit at the Fogg Museum, loaned by the Pierpont Morgan Library and other famous collections. The display includes a few of ...

Correction: The original version of this article misquoted Jeffrey Spier as saying the Getty Villa has mostly Greek, Roman and Tuscan classical art. In fact, the Getty Villa has mostly Greek, Roman ...

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History has long pitted Persian and Greek societies as moral opposites—the former, a culture of hedonists, and the latter defined by no-frills self discipline. A new exhibition titled “Luxury and ...

Vacheron Constantin and the Louvre Museum in Paris unveiled The Métiers d’Art – Tribute to Great Civilisations series this week, introducing four new watches based on masterpieces in the museum’s ...