EditorialA Ukrainian soldier standing at the mouth of a bunker, in the vast network of defenses dug along the Dnieper and its tributaries, in the Kherson region of Ukraine on Jan. 23, 2023. (Nicole Tung/The New York Times)
EditorialA Ukrainian soldier standing at the mouth of a bunker, in the vast network of defenses dug along the Dnieper and its tributaries, in the Kherson region of Ukraine on Jan. 23, 2023. (Nicole Tung/The New York Times)
EditorialA Ukrainian soldier standing at the mouth of a bunker, in the vast network of defenses dug along the Dnieper and its tributaries, in the Kherson region of Ukraine on Jan. 23, 2023. (Nicole Tung/The New York Times)
EditorialDmytro Teslenko, center, an archaeologist, leads excavation of a kurgan, or ancient burial mound, in Novooleksandrivka, Ukraine, April 14, 2021. (Brendan Hoffman/The New York Times)
EditorialBronze ax-head, Greek or Roman, Bronze, Other: 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm), Bronzes, While axes today are considered primarily a woodsman's tool, in antiquity the battle-ax was a weapon associated particularly with peoples from the East, such as Scythians and ...
EditorialIvory figure of a griffin-headed demon, Urartian, from Toprakkale in eastern Anatolia, 8th-7th BCE. This figure may have been part of a throne, since griffin-headed demons were protective deities. Toprakkale had a fortified citadel with a major temple ...
EditorialBronze ax-head, Greek or Roman, Bronze, Other: 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm), Bronzes, While axes today are considered primarily a woodsman's tool, in antiquity the battle-ax was a weapon associated particularly with peoples from the East, such as Scythians and ...
EditorialIvory figure of a griffin-headed demon, Urartian, from Toprakkale in eastern Anatolia, 8th-7th BCE. This figure may have been part of a throne, since griffin-headed demons were protective deities. Toprakkale had a fortified citadel with a major temple ...
EditorialDish with the Drunken Hercules Supported by Two Women and Flanked by a Lion, ca. 1st century, Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara), Schist, Diam. 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm), Sculpture, This dish from the ancient region of Gandhara dates from the second centu...
EditorialDish with Winged Eros Riding a Lion-Headed Sea Monster, 1st century B.C., Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara), Schist, Diam. 6 in. (15.2 cm); D. 1 in. (2.5 cm), Sculpture, This dish from the ancient region of Gandhara dates from the second century B....
EditorialBronze ax-head, Greek or Roman, Bronze, Other: 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm), Bronzes, While axes today are considered primarily a woodsman's tool, in antiquity the battle-ax was a weapon associated particularly with peoples from the East, such as Scythians and ...
EditorialDish with Marine Creature and Couple, 1st century B.C., Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara), Schist, Diam. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm), Sculpture, This dish from the ancient region of Gandhara dates from the second century B.C. to the first century A.D. Inte...
EditorialIvory figure of a griffin-headed demon, Urartian, from Toprakkale in eastern Anatolia, 8th-7th BCE. This figure may have been part of a throne, since griffin-headed demons were protective deities. Toprakkale had a fortified citadel with a major temple ...