A 1,300-year-old sculpture of a dancing horse — a precious relic of China’s Tang dynasty — captured an ancient tradition of trained horses performing for emperors.But curators at the Cincinnati Art Museum weren’t charmed with one of the lively 8th-century statue’s features: a forehead tassel they suspected wasn’t original.How to investigate without…
Rock art in northern Australia depicts marsupial lions, giant kangaroos and other megafauna that populated the Land Down Under long ago. Read: Cave paintings reveal what extinct animals may have looked like
A recent advance in 3D imaging techniques helped spark the biggest ever discovery of North American cave art. “Three of the previously unseen images were human-like beings dressed in regal garments, drawn from cross-stitched patterns. One figure seems to be wearing a sash, while another holds out a hand. Among…
