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Amazon warriors frequently appeared in the art, literature, and mythology of the ancient Greeks and Romans. The idea of a female warrior society existing on the fringes of civilization continues to capture the imagination of modern generations...

This week, we visit the Dallas Museum of Art and our interviewer, Aimee Cardoso, speaks with The Ellen and Harry S. Parker III Assistant Curator of the Arts of the Americas, Kimberly Jones, about the exhibition, Inca: Conquests of the Andes/Los...

The Gandhara Civilization existed in what is now Northern Pakistan and Afghanistan from the middle of the 1st millennium BCE to the beginning of the 2nd millennium CE. Although multiple major powers ruled over this area during that time...

Mahasanghika (“Great Congregation”, also given as Mahasamghika) was an early Buddhist school of thought which is thought to have been formed after the Second Buddhist Council of 383 BCE when it separated itself from another school, the Sthaviravada...

The Yakushiji temple, located in Nara, Japan, is the headquarters of the Buddhist Hosso sect and one of the most important temples in the country. Originally founded in 680 CE at Fujiwara-kyo but then relocated to Nara in 718 CE, its famous...

Ancient Egyptian art was created to serve a practical purpose, not for its own sake, and so every piece had a specific function. At the same time, these works were crafted in accordance with the cultural value of ma'at (harmony) and so attention...

Thomas Struth on Chinese Buddhist sculpture "It seems to be much easier to identify with this moment of stillness than with Jesus on the cross." The Artist Project is a 2015 online series in which we give artists an opportunity to respond...

On a hill overlooking the plain and about 40 km from Bhopal, India is the site of Sanchi, which comprises a group of Buddhist monuments (monolithic pillars, palaces, temples and monasteries) all in different states of conservation most of...

Goryeo (Koryo) ruled Korea from 918 to 1392. The kingdom oversaw an unprecedented flourishing in culture and arts with developments in architecture, ceramics, printing, and papermaking. The kingdom was repeatedly invaded by the Mongols in...

Explores ancient Buddhist cave shrines in China, including why the sites were created and the major sponsors and patrons.