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See the Haunting Stone Face of a Ptolemaic Statue Unearthed Near the Ancient Egyptian City ...
The statue was found at Taposiris Magna, an archaeological site where some researchers suspect Cleopatra and Mark Antony are ...
2,000-year-old statue found in rubbish bag in Greece
A more than 2,000-year-old marble statue of a woman has been found discarded in a rubbish bag near Thessaloniki, Greece. A ...
Scientific American7 年
Powers on Cleaning Marble Statues
Allow no one to touch them, for the oil on the skin will discolor the marble. In cleaning ... The light should fall on a statue or bust from such a height as to leave a hair's breadth between ...
Ancient 2,000-year-old statue found in a bin bag in Greece
A historic marble statue of a woman has been found discarded in a rubbish bag by a local resident near Thessaloniki, Greece.
Business Insider5 年
Inside Italy's Carrara marble mountains worth $1 billion
Carrara marble is one of the most prestigious ... Think of the Pantheon in Rome or Michelagelo's iconic statue, David. The luxury stone comes the Apuan Alps, a mountain range in northern Tuscany ...
New York Post10 天
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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Restoring Milan's Duomo, one statue at a time
makes a rough outline in the marble with his chisel. Then with surgical precision, he sculpts it with a pneumatic hammer, before smoothing it with an abrasive stone. - 'Adopt' a statue - In the ...