The National Museum of Afghanistan, standing at the crossroads of Central, Western and Eastern Asia, has been a natural home to an impressive collection of artefacts that spans over 50,000 years of history. Yet most of its collection has been destroyed or looted over four decades of war. The museum is currently at the latter… Read more »
A new exhibition at the Louvre Abu Dhabi looks at how practices of combat and knighthood led to the development of various codes of chivalry in regions ranging from Iraq and Syria in the Eastern world, to France and Spain in the West. “Furusiyya: The Art of Chivalry Between East and West” will bring together… Read more »
The Battle of Ramnagar had one clear victor—and it wasn’t the side that created this artwork. Visit a thrilling episode from the Second Anglo-Sikh War and meet a true war hero
The Sarmaya collection holds an extensive range of Felice Beato’s work depicting the aftermath of the Uprising of 1857 in places like Delhi, Lucknow and Kanpur, which bore the brunt of the violence. The devastation of Kashmere Gate in Delhi was one of the landmark moments that marked the beginning of the revolution’s end. Felice… Read more »