The Osberg Ship is a ship from the Viking Age that was built in AD 280, buried in a grave mound 14 years later, and later uncovered at Osberg, Norway during 1904. The Viking ship was surprising well-preserved and contained the remains of two women along with a wide array of accompanying grave goods. It had been buried within a large mound or haugr. Constructed primarily...Read More

Hagia Sophia, also known as Turkish Ayasofya, Latin Sancta Sophia, Church of the Holy Wisdom or Church of the Divine Wisdom, was a cathedral built at Constantinople in the 6th century C.E. (532–537) under the direction of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I. The great architectural beauty is an important monument both for Byzantine and for Ottoman Empires. It was built as a church, and then converted...Read More

The Braschi Antinous is the statue of Antinous, favourite of Roman Emperor Hadrian, who drowned in the Nile in 130 CE and was officially made a god by the emperor. This colossal sculpture was found in excavations (1792-1793) in an area presumed to have been the villa of Hadrian at Praeneste, today Palestrina. On his head is a crown of leaves and ivy berries, and a diadem...Read More

Buddhist art consists of mostly the depiction of Buddha himself. Buddhism, the religion inspired by the teachings of Siddharta Gautama (5th century B.C.) spread rapidly across eastern Asia from its beginnings in northern India. However, in the earliest Buddhist arts, explicit representations of the Buddha were avoided. His presence was indicated by images such as an empty throne, a riderless horse, a footprint, or the...Read More

The Winged Victory of Samothrace (Nike of Samothrace), is a marble Hellenistic sculpture of the goddess of Victory, Nike, that was created about the 2nd century B.C. The goddess is shown in the form of a winged woman standing on the prow of a ship, braced against the strong wind blowing through her garments. The statue is made of white Paros marble, and it stands 2.75...Read More

In Chinese Art, jade or also known as "yu" in Chinese character, is an ornamental stone used in a wide variety of jewellery art, figure carving and other types of sculpture. While the English term "jade" refers only to nephrite and jadeite, the Chinese character "yu" that means "hard ornamental stone" refers to a number of minerals including nephrite, jadeite, serpentine and bowenite. Although jade is popularly thought of...Read More

The Nefertiti Bust is a sculpture of an Egyptian queen, Queen Nefertiti. She was renowned for her beauty and had ruled alongside her husband, Pharaoh Akhenaten, during the mid-1300s B.C. Nefertiti, the name that means "a beautiful woman has come", belongs to the queen of Egypt during the 14th century B.C. She and her husband established the cult of Aten, the sun god, the only one worthy...Read More

Cueva de las Manos is a series of caves famous for the paintings of hands. It is located in the province of Santa Cruz, Argentina, 163 km south of the town of Perito Moreno. Dated from 13000 to 9000 years ago, it received its name, Cave of the Hands, from the stenciled outlines of human hands in the cave. There are also several depictions of...Read More