My heart is breaking. My soul is aching,” an archaeologist said, as Israel’s bombardment threatens or destroys Roman amphitheaters, crusaders’ citadels and centuries-old souks.

Works by Philip Guston and Trenton Doyle Hancock suggest the possibilities — and limitations — of satirical art.

An analysis of ancient residues left on a vase depicting the Egyptian deity Bes reveals it may have been used to reenact a myth.

Jews played crucial roles in shaping the civic, cultural and economic landscapes beyond the big cities, writes a historian ...

Pinchevska argues that two general schools of secular Jewish art emerged: a Ukrainian community revolving around the Gottlieb ...

A shimmering dream on the Nile has inspired creativity from the Harlem Renaissance to Kara Walker to Beyoncé. But how much can you play with the past?

While the popular understanding of most major, monotheistic religions tends to emphasize God, certain prophets and the written teachings of the spiritual tradition, there is a whole world of ...

Tiffany Shlain and Ken Goldberg pay homage to the ongoing human quest for knowledge by documenting its evolution through ...

Dismissed or trivialised by some as unserious and silly, Surrealist art was in fact largely born out of the brutal ... One of ...

Twenty-first century Americans who understand the ancient, biblical roots of Israel, may be surprised about modern ...