Relief of Osiris from the Temple of Seti I, Abydos, Egypt. According to Egyptian mythology, Egypt’s first king Osiris sailed around the world spreading knowledge, exactly like the Feathered Serpent ...

Roman object called the Medusa of cameo, found in Hallstatt, is an 1,800-year-old gem that reveals trade networks in the ...

Archaeologists working in a Roman city have uncovered a chilling stone carving of a mythic figure that was once meant to ...

Archaeologists in Türkiye have uncovered a rare marble carving of Medusa with a gentle, childlike smile in the ancient city ...

The more welcoming side of Medusa turns typical mythology upside down, with the smile likely designed to represent peace and ...

The creation and excavation of Rapa Nui (Easter Island)'s Te Tokanga moai statue was never completed.(Supplied: Carl Philipp Lipo / Binghamton University) It is lying abandoned, unfinished and idle on ...

SRINAGAR: Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday announced the recovery of an ancient stone-carved sculpture of Goddess Durga, retrieved from the depths of the River Jhelum in Baramulla district.

A high-resolution 3D model of Rano Raraku shows that the moai were created in many distinct carving zones. Instead of a top-down system, the statues appear to have been produced by separate family ...

Archaeologists say a 3D model of a centuries-old quarry of unfinished stone head statues on Easter Island offers new clues about how these monuments were made and the Polynesian society that brought ...

Easter Island’s monumental stone statues may have been created through a decentralised artistic and spiritual tradition, with many different communities making their own carved stone giants, rather ...