X-ray technology has revealed that a hidden man in the background of 'A Maid Asleep' is holding a paintbrush

Since the 18th century, five of the submerged ancient Roman altars have been found in the area near Naples

Expert says he discovered two paint pigments that were only used in that combination by the Dutch Old Master at the time

Discovered: a sketch by a pastor’s daughter, who sat beside Van Gogh when they both depicted a woman peeling potatoes

Scholars have pieced together separate parts of painting after 200 years

The international team of scientists used radiography and endoscopy techniques to peer inside the structure

Red chalk preparatory work may be linked to “Worship of the Brazen Serpent” section of Vatican masterpiece

It is one of several artefacts making their first public appearance at Lindisfarne Priory

Around 55 messages composed by the monarch reveal her condition under captivity and negotiations for her release

The work, depicting a village scene, is being sold at Hôtel Drouot

Vincent and his young English friend Harry Gladwell read the book cover-to-cover in their Paris lodgings—possibly praying to avoid the temptations of Montmartre

Stefan Guzy has scoured archives from the Holy Roman Empire and believes he has traced back the ownership of the mysterious cipher book

Gregor Weber's biography "Johannes Vermeer: Faith, Light and Reflection" also supports the controversial view that Vermeer used a camera obscura

A Spanish archaeological mission found the tombs late last year

New additions to the mysterious Nazca Lines have been identified by scientists from Japan's Yagamata University through the use of aerial drone footage and artificial intelligence

On a hunch, a conservator at the Cincinnati Art Museum had an early Cézanne still life scanned using x-ray imaging, which showed a painted-over portrait by the Modern master

The deposit of perfectly preserved statues in the heart of Tuscany reveals six centuries of cultural and political evolution

Neolithic bench discovered in Turkey shows a discernible narrative progression, and dates to around 11,000 BC

The Art Newspaper charts the existence of the world's most expensive work of art, from 1478 to today

The coin was minted 70 years before the first documented arrival of non-Viking Europeans to the region

The artefacts, found at ancient Roman baths, are among the most “significant bronzes ever produced in the history of the ancient Mediterranean”

The work, housed at The Hague's Museum Bredius, will now undergo further study by Rijksmuseum experts

The seven alabaster reliefs document the military conquests of the Neo-Assyrian King Sennacherib

The downgrading follows a study of the six paintings in the museum's collection thought to be by the Dutch master, which are now the subject of an exhibition detailing the findings

More than 500 standing stones were catalogued by archaeologists working on the 7,000-year-old site

Cambodian government says stone artefacts kept at San Francisco home of billionaire Lindemann family match those looted from sacred site

A photograph of the "egg" has yet to be released, leading to heightened speculation

The works were discovered during preparatory forensic analysis for a new exhibition in Philadelphia

The x-ray will be displayed in a lightbox in the forthcoming exhibition A Taste for Impressionism at National Galleries of Scotland