An ancient interment site in Russia challenges us to rethink how Paleolithic humans in Europe treated their dead and organized their societies.

New tools, partnerships, and investigations into a regional “hole in the map” are helping to fill in the picture of Paleolithic art in Spain’s Basque Country.

An encounter with a famous sculpture by Constantin Brâncuși raises questions about family, nationalism, and belonging; the role and refuge of art; and whether a country can ever recover from authoritarianism.

The faces of Soviet-era prisoners in a famous sculpture speak volumes about the brutal circumstances that millions experienced under Joseph Stalin. But what of prisoners today in the U.S.?

Indigenous people in the U.S. are increasingly challenging widespread stereotypes as well as the practice of cultural appropriation.

How we memorialize significant events says a lot about our perception of time.

Whether across the expanse of thousands of years or alongside a river, the hand wave is a gesture that holds social meaning. But has it always been used as a positive greeting?

Vandalism can be a form of resistance to oppression. But is that the case when a privileged artist mars our public lands?

An unusual container produced by the Moche civilization of Peru raises many questions about their society—and our own views of sex.

An unorthodox blend of anthropology and poetry is cultivating reunion and reconciliation among people and cultures that have been estranged for decades.