High-tech meets timeless craft in the Madrid workshop of Factum Arte, where they're re-imagining the art of preservation. There, they are finalizing a 21st century version of a 16th century B.C.

When the Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk, Virginia repatriated a Bakor monolith to Nigeria at the end of June, it did not walk away empty-handed. Instead, it received an almost identical facsimile, ...

With their immaculate replicas of everything from Tutankhamun’s tomb to Italian architecture, this Madrid company is bringing ancient civilisations to life The curator at the National Gallery could ...

Behind the red-bricked facade and marble friezes of the National Gallery of Denmark, visitors are now able to see nearly all of Michelangelo’s existing sculptures — the “most comprehensive” exhibition ...

The Egyptian painters who decorated King Tut’s burial chamber had to work quickly—the pharaoh died unexpectedly, at about the age of nineteen, and proper preparations had not been made. Plaster was ...

There are few historic sites as compelling as the tomb of Tutankhamun, and its popularity as a tourist attraction has caused it to deteriorate so rapidly that it will close in the coming years. But ...

Cultural objects around the world are routinely threatened by war, looting and human impact. But a kind of modern-day renaissance workshop called Factum Arte outside Madrid is taking an innovative ...

A new tomb is taking shape in Egypt's Valley of the Kings — and this one will look exactly like the famous 3,400-year-old tomb of King Tutankhamun. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited ...