The journal was founded in 1990 and is published bi-annually in May and November. A different photograph features on the journal cover each year. It is published under ISSN 0905-7196 (print version) and ISSN 1600-0471 (online ISSN). The journal was founded by Prof. Dr Daniel T. Potts, editor-in-chief of the journal until 2015. The current editors are Dr Bruno Overlaet (editor-in-chief; Royal Museums of Art and History, Brussels, Belgium) and Dr. Peter Stein (associate editor, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena, Germany).
