Archaeologists Unearthed Five Lost Statues From Remains of the Roman Empire’s Sculpture Capital
Excavations across the ancient city of Perga revealed five new statue finds from as far back as the second century A.D. The ...
Spectacular statues reveal art tradition of ancient Rome’s lost sculpture capital
Spectacular statues reveal art tradition of ancient Rome’s lost sculpture capital - City of Perga on Turkey’s southwestern ...
The Washington Post28d
Man finds 2,000-year-old Greek statue dumped near trash cans
An ancient marble statue of a woman believed to be more than 2,000 years old was found dumped near a cluster of garbage bins in Greece, kicking off a police investigation into potential illegal ...
People28d
2,000-Year-Old Greek Statue Found Abandoned in a Bag Near Trash Cans: Police
which covers between 323 B.C. and 30 B.C. The loose drapery on the statue appears to indicate that it depicts a goddess, according to Estelle Strazdins, a classical studies expert at the ...
The New York Times29d
An Ancient Headless Statue Is Found Amid Trash in Greece
Bert Smith, a professor of classical archaeology at Oxford University and at Bilkent University in Turkey, said that the statue appeared to be a small-scale figure of a goddess. “The small size ...
Smithsonian Magazine28d
See the Stunning Ancient Roman Statue of Athena That’s Going on View for the First Time in Nearly 260 Years
But the Roman statue distinctly depicts the Greek goddess, with her signature helmet and aegis, or sash-like cloak, draped across her chest. “At the time these pieces were carved, the classical ...
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Philadelphia Rocky statue dressed in Redskins gear ahead of NFC title game between Eagles and Commanders
Dressing the statue in opposing teams' gear has become a tradition in recent years ahead of big Eagles playoff games. Each time its happened, the Eagles have come away with wins. In 2022 ...
USA Today29d
2,000-year-old headless statue found in Greece near trash cans, police now investigating
A 32-year-old Greek national found the statue on Jan. 18 in a black bag near the trash bins. The statue, believed to be from the Hellenistic period, is currently being held by authorities for ...
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No, a George Floyd statue wasn't removed from the National Mall | Fact check
A Jan. 25 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) claims a statue of George Floyd, the Black man whose death at the hands of a white police officer sparked nationwide racial justice protests in ...
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The Sneakers on Michael Jordan's Statue Have Been Blacked Out
The Air Jordan sneakers on Michael Jordan's iconic statue will be blocked out. The attention-grabbing marketing stunt is part of the 40th anniversary of the Air Jordan 1. The campaign kicked off ...
CBS News29d
2,000-year-old statue found dumped near garbage cans in Greece
Police in Greece said Wednesday they were investigating how an ancient Greek statue came to be dumped in a black plastic bag near garbage cans in the northern city of Thessaloniki. The organized ...
ABC News28d
2,000-year-old Greek marble statue found discarded in the trash, police say
The sculpture dates back to the Hellenistic period between 323 B.C. and 31 B.C. Authorities in Greece are investigating after a 2,000-year-old marble statue was discovered wrapped in a trash bag ...