Throughout history, physical beauty has been a coveted ideal for women across cultures and eras. But for Yang Guifei—hailed ...

One of the most famous instances took place in Egypt itself more than 150 years ago. In 1871, Cairo hosted the opera Aida to ...

China's first humanoid robot Peking Opera performance has drawn widespread attention, not only for its elaborate costumes or ...

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You can’t accuse those who title “NOVA” episodes of burying the lede with “Ancient Desert Death Trap.” There are mysteries afoot, for sure. But a viewer will have the unavoidable suspicion that doom ...

A rare mappa burl slab is fixed with gold kintsugi. When this cookie live edge slab arrived, it broke in half. It was fixed using epoxy resin and kintsugi gold leaf inlay to create a 60-inch round ...

Nobu Bangkok is on everyone’s hit list for the superlative Peruvian-Japanese menu (black cod and butter lettuce or Wagyu ...

The world’s fascination with ancient Egypt is a cultural "heritage" passed down from the Greeks and Romans, said Vincent Rondot, Egyptologist and former director of the Egyptian Department at the ...