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A carved panel found at Nimrud depicts Assyrian soldiers swimming across a river and using inflatable goat skins as floaties.

Five centuries ago, the Incas ruled the western half of South America with the help of a unique form of writing based on coloured and knotted cords. These strings, called khipus, recorded major events, tracked economic matters, and even encoded biographies and poetry, according to the Spanish chroniclers who witnessed…

Exclusive: Pass to be presented to playwright’s grandson after original cancelled over conviction for gross indecency

A British metal detectorist discovered a gold band with an engraved date-of-death in Norfolk.

San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum is set to return four bronze statues from Thailand’s looted Prakhon Chai hoard.

5/5 The sacred art of three religions are traced back to their origins in this spellbinding and sensual show

BP has funded Washington’s National Gallery of Art, UK’s Royal Shakespeare Company and National Portrait Gallery

A lovable elephant deity and a floating serpent goddess are just two of the highlights in this sensual show about three of the country’s great religions

The American Oscar winner continues to campaign for ownership of the historical artefacts to be transferred to Greece

A show full of deities, snakes and shrines puts three ancient faiths in the spotlight. Our writer seeks out its inspiration in the bustling metropolis of Mumbai

A new installation at the Outernet is bringing the legendary work of Hiroshige to the big screens, in a collaboration with the British Museum