Tutankhamen was the boy-king of Ancient Egypt. Arguably the most well-known of all of the Pharaohs, his funerary death mask of gold is immediately recognizable. He is most well-known to modern society due to the discovery of his mortal remains, mummified and entombed, by English Egyptologist Howard Carter in 1922....

From the very early stages of its development, art performed different functions: narrative, entertaining, and political, to name but a few. The study of the art of the Ancient World offers some valuable insights into another function of art that is the function of communicating power. This can be particularly...

All societies possess power, and their gods claim power in different forms. This causes groups of people from the ancient cultures of the Near East to modern nation states to express their understanding of power in art work. Two works of art reveal a perspective on power in the ancient...

Despite their many accomplishments, including the development of a numerical system which included the number zero (0), an advanced calendar system, and a remarkable written language, the Maya evidently experienced some sort of decline in the 10th century. Ethnically speaking the Maya still exist – their descents can still be...

Although the cultures of the ancient Near East provided the world with civilization, the Greeks instituted structure and definitions that place them as the founders of Western Civilization. The Greeks innovation and thought processes went in a multitude of directions. Nearly all the foundations of our modern arts, sciences and...