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How did a 2,000-year-old headless statue end up in a rubbish bag?
A marble statue of a woman was found abandoned in a ... just outside Greece’s second-largest city. The man who found the art piece alerted local authorities, who reached out to archaeologists ...
Ancient statues were colorful — and perfumed
The myth that the statues of ancient Greece and Rome were white was created over time and upheld in part to serve racist ...
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Myanmar to unveil giant sitting marble statue of Buddha in Nay Pyi Taw
NAY PYI TAW (Xinhua): After more than three years of construction, Myanmar is preparing to unveil a giant sitting marble statue of Lord Buddha in its capital Nay Pyi Taw on Aug. 1, the Information ...
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Archaeologists unearth 1,700-year-old statue of Greek god's messenger
According to a statement from Turkey’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism on Monday (March 3), the large ... statue fragments of Artemis and Nemesis, were also discovered in the same area.” The ...
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James Watt
A very large white marble statue was erected in St Paul's chapel in Westminster Abbey in memory of James Watt (died 1819), the great civil engineer, by the sculptor Sir Francis Chantrey. This cost ...
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Stunning Marble Statue of Hermes Unearthed From Ancient Ruins on Turkish Coast
Credit: Turkiye’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism According to the ministry’s statement, the large statue of Hermes was discovered during ... During the excavations, two marble heads believed to ...