The roughly 2,000-year-old mosaic was buried in Pompeii when Mount Vesuvius erupted in A.D. 79. It was discovered in 1831, ...

The ancient city near Belkis in Turkey's Gaziantep Province is home to the Zeugma Mosaic Museum, which features a large ...

The Arab World Institute's exhibition also tackles the issue of heritage in wartime, in a space dedicated to mapping the ...

Dating to the late Roman period, a stunning, figurative mosaic, found buried under just 50cm of soil and featuring the rare ...

With its striking designs and bright colours, Yazdi's art can be reminiscent of Surrealism. It often comes across as surprising, showcasing a different side of Iran's artistic heritage that goes ...

Belisarius is the much underrated military commander of the Byzantine Empire who helped reclaim huge swathes of the Roman Empire.

Big money, big ideas and big egos — the art world has all the necessary ingredients for a juicy controversy. This may be why eye-rolling and schadenfreude emerge so virulently whenever said ...

sits a lesser-known gem of Italian art: the cathedral of Monreale. Built in the 12th century under Norman rule, it boasts Italy's largest Byzantine-style mosaics, second in the world only to those ...

The Abdorrahman Boroumand Center, in a comprehensive report, Iran: State Violence Without Borders, has meticulously documented hundreds of extrajudicial killings attributed to the Islamic Republic.

Jose Maria Sert’s murals at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, Barry Faulkner’s mosaic, ‘Intelligence Awakening ... I’m an ardent proponent for public art.” — Basha Singh, fashion and interiors ...

TRT, Turkey’s state-run radio and television network, officially launched its Persian-language service on Tuesday in a ceremony attended by senior Turkish officials. The network aims to provide ...

The “No to Executions Tuesdays” campaign reported that at least 40 people were executed in Iran in recent days. The group released a statement, obtained by VOA, that comes amid the 47th ...