complete with marble lion sculptures and stunning gold decorations. This echoes last year's discovery when archaeologists found an ancient Greek statue tucked away in a Roman sewer. The excavation ...

Jackson Square, designed as military parade grounds, was known as the Place d’Armes during the French colonial period and ...

And let’s not forget the wonders in and around these amazing buildings. Statues and sculptures made of gold, marble, wood and stone - showing gods, goddesses, and the great people from our history.

Greece: A marble statue of a woman believed to be more than 2,000 years old was found abandoned in a garbage bag near the Greek city of Thessaloniki, police said Wednesday. A resident discovered ...

What it tells us about the past: This marble statuette depicts a dwarf-dancer ... rather than caricatured. The sculpture — just 4 inches (10 centimeters) tall — depicts a nude man whose ...

The Dean and Chapter of Westminster charged no fee for its erection. The Latin inscription above the head of the statue, in gold on a panel of dark marble, can be translated: William Shakespeare ...

The crown is made of gold and is adorned with gems ... an 1899 fire completely destroyed its interior except for the marble Mary statue that the crown was later placed on, the Inquirer reported.