The first publication by Galileo Galilei has set a new auction record for the celebrated astronomer, selling for $1.5 million ...

A Dutch art sleuth has recovered a priceless trove of stolen documents from the 15th to the 19th century, including several ...

Arthur Brand, nicknamed the "Indiana Jones of the Art World," said the latest discovery was among his most significant.

A traveling workshop of TAU's Orit Guardians program discovered two 15th-century Orit books—the oldest found to date in the ...

René Descartes, the founder of modern philosophy, was furiously condemned by his contemporaries. Why did they fear him?

After just a few months of work, a complete newcomer to the world of sphere packing has solved one of its biggest open ...

The sculptures themselves are the work of the Real Elephant Collective, a sustainable, community-owned enterprise of 200 ...

The J. Paul Getty Museum has received a gift of 38 rare manuscript pages by Italian artists spanning the 12th to 17th centuries, marking the largest donation of artwork to the museum in decades.

Theophrastus, was an ancient Greek philosopher who succeeded Aristotle and became the father of botany. What was his ...