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Excavations in Paros, Greece, have uncovered a Hellenistic-era workshop with unfinished marble statues, including Aphrodite ...
Perhaps the most iconic Greek artform today, life-sized marble statues began to appear in Greece around the early 6 th ...
At the apex of the triangle defining the north end of Times Square, the massive statue of Father Francis Patrick Duffy (1871-1932) by Charles Keck (1875-1951) has stood sentinel since it was unveiled ...
The mystery of the Parthenon’s lighting system, and how ancient Greeks illuminated the statue of Athena, is finally solved in ...
At the heart of the Delphi Archaeological Museum resides one of the most extraordinary treasures of ancient Greek art: the chryselephantine (gold and ivory) statues of Apollo, Artemis, and Leto. These ...
Perhaps the most famous statue on IU’s campus is that of former president and chancellor Herman B Wells. Fun fact, the B in his name doesn’t stand for anything, according to Wells’ obituary in the New ...
Right around the three-year anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Fremont’s controversial statue of Vladimir Lenin was once again vandalized – this time defaced with orange and ...
Grounded in the Stars (2023) is a bronze sculpture by the British artist Thomas J Price depicting a fictionalised woman standing, hands on hips, in a contrapposto pose. Classical in scale and ...
A tourist in the Philippines climbed into a crocodile cage to pose for a selfie, only to be attacked by the beast. A hapless tourist climbed into a crocodile’s enclosure to pose for selfies ...
A 59-year-old man of Georgian descent was arrested in Alexandroupoli on April 29, 2025, for photographing and filming military installations, allegedly for a foreign entity, Greek authorities ...
Dawn Staley’s impact on South Carolina Gamecocks women’s basketball has earned her legendary status, but the hall of fame coach didn’t initially want a statue of herself. As the city of ...