Today, we bring you another focus challenge, in which we invite you to spend uninterrupted time looking at one piece of art.

Albrecht Altdorfer's ‘The Battle of Alexander at Issus’ was painted in 1529, and provides a unique perspective on war by depicting an ancient battle. This painting can be described as one that ...

A remarkable thing about ancient Egyptian art and society as a whole was its stability. For 2,000 years, from 3000 to 1000 BC, relatively little changed, including their art.

It also made them highly desirable fighters to have on your side, and history records that ancient Scythian mercenaries sometimes hired out to Greek cities. They were also known to worship some Greek ...

Historian Roel Konijnendijk reviews examples of ancient battles in "Gladiator II," "The Lord of the Rings," and "House of the Dragon." ...

This powerful 12,000-year-old artform has been used in worship, battle and throughout Japanese history. Taiko may simply mean "drum" or "the art of Japanese drumming" in Japanese, but these wooden ...