Known for its outdoor art, Philadelphia has twice gutted its public arts office, and officials have not inventoried the collection in decades. At least 85 works are recorded as missing.

Thailand artists create stress-relief sculpture to smack, slap, punch; video goes viral: 'Fun until you see…' In Thailand, artists have introduced a unique stress-relief method: sculpting busts ...

Archaeology breakthrough as 1500-year-old findings cast new light on 'Snake Kings' EXCLUSIVE: Archaeologists say newly discovered stucco reliefs in Mexico provide valuable insights into Kings ...

Archaeology & History Stucco Reliefs of Celestial Beings Turn Up on an Ancient Mayan Ball Court The reliefs relate to the Kaanu'l dynasty which ruled the region between 250 and 650 C.E.

A third relief includes mythical animals associated with constellations, a recurring theme in Mayan cosmological beliefs. The conservation of these relics has been a delicate process, as the stuccos ...

Aztec sculpture representing human sacrifice to the sun Aztec sculpture representing human sacrifice to the sun - Scanned 1890 Engraving Maya relief Lady Wak Tuun AD 755, sketch Maya relief Lady Wak ...

An ancient Maya relief sculpture that was found in a German antique shop and is suspected to have been looted from Mexico was returned to that country on 18 July, by way of the Mexican consulate ...

An ancient stone statue of a Maya death deity, dating back more than 1,400 years, has been discovered in southeatsern mexico. Experts from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH ...

Archaeologists excavating construction sites along the new Maya Train route in Mexico have found a rare statue of the Mayan god K’awiil.