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Ancient Greek building filled with gold and adorned with marble lions found in huge discovery
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 ...
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Blake Pontchartrain: The mysterious origins of the marble statues in NOLA's Jackson Square
Jackson Square, designed as military parade grounds, was known as the Place d’Armes during the French colonial period and ...
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Ancient Statue Of Greek God Found In Sewer
Archaeologists excavating an ancient Roman sewer last week made a spectacular discovery—a nearly complete marble statue of a Greek god. The statue stands about 6 feet 8 inches tall, and the ...
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2,000-year-old statue found abandoned in garbage bag in Greece
THESSALONIKI, 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.
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William Shakespeare
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 ...
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A crumbling, long-forgotten statue with an unusual erect phallus might be a Michelangelo. Renaissance scholars want hard evidence.
In a place of honor was a life-size marble statue of the Greek god Pan with a wicked expression, a forked beard, and an 8-inch erect penis leaning left. The cardinal, it appears, built a pillared ...
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A 2,000-year-old statue is found abandoned in a garbage bag in Greece
THESSALONIKI, 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.
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2,000-year-old marble statue of woman found abandoned in garbage bag in Greece
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 ...