To visitors, Venice is a glorious tapestry of historic buildings, waterways, bell towers, red roofs — and a mighty winged ...

European artisans turned a Tang Dynasty tomb guardian sculpture into a symbol of medieval Venetian statehood, researchers say.

New research suggests that the famous bronze statue may have originally guarded a Chinese tomb before arriving in Venice in ...

The bronze sculpture has lorded over Venice for centuries, but its origins have remained a mystery. Science may have finally ...

The iconic lion of Venice statue has long had murky origins ... "Venice is a city full of mysteries, but one has been solved: the 'Lion' of St. Mark is Chinese, and he walked the Silk Road," study ...

The findings were published in the journal Antiquity on September 4 by Massimo Vidale, archaeologist at the University of ...

English archaeologist Jessica Rawson's book Life and Afterlife in Ancient China Photo: Courtesy of CITIC Press Group. In the ...

You know what won’t diffuse tension in Northeast Asia: building a tribute to one of the region’s more divisive historical figures. But Seoul and Beijing last week confirmed plans to do just that, ...

On Saturday, at a commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, a statue of a Chinese comfort woman was ...

A Catholic diocese in China has unveiled a statue of an Italian Jesuit missionary to mark the 400th anniversary of his arrival and honor his legacy in the region. The Diocese of Fuzhou unveiled the ...

Law enforcement personnel in 2022 stand watch in front of public art that was the target of a bombing attempt. Credit: Photo by Sanford Nowlin A Florida man has been sentenced to eight years in prison ...