For the past century, Egyptologists have believed that after Hatshepsut died, her nephew and successor smashed her stat…
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During excavations of the large Port Sarno necropolis in ancient Pompeii, archaeologists uncovered two nearly life-size tomb statues of a man and a woman. These funerary sculptures date to the…
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A team of researchers led by Cecilie Brøns, an archaeologist and curator at the New Glyptotek of Carlsberg in Copenhagen, found that ancient Roman and Greek statues often gave off…
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If you’ve ever wondered why so many ancient statues are missing their noses, you might have assumed time is to blame. In many cases, that’s true. “The statues we see…
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Italian archaeologists have uncovered 24 bronze statues in excellent condition in Tuscany, dating back roughly 2,300 years. In addition to the statues, researchers also discovered 6,000 gold, silver, and bronze…
