Man of mystery discovered in Paris

2 weeks, 3 days ago

Historical mysteries solved by science in 2024

CNN

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. The composer expressed his wish that his ailments be studied and shared so “as far as possible at least the world will be reconciled to me after my death.” In May, researchers published a study showing high levels of lead detected in authenticated locks of Beethoven’s hair and suggested the composer had …

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3 weeks, 1 day ago

Mysterious alien-like statue is unearthed from a 7,000-year-old Stone Age settlement in Kuwait - and archaeologists say it's a 'total surprise'

Daily Mail

Archaeologists have unearthed a 7,000-year-old figurine that looks like an alien. 'It was the first such find not just among the over 1.5k small finds excavated from the Bahra 1 site but also from the Arabian Gulf region.' Archaeologists have unearthed a 7,000-year-old figurine that looks like an alien Researchers discovered the unusual form while digging at a site in …

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1 month ago

Archaeologists may have just found Cleopatra’s bust at ancient Egyptian temple

The Independent

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1 month ago

Natural gas network dig under the Acropolis stumbles on ancient marble statue

Associated Press

ATHENS, Greece — Work to lay natural gas pipelines near the foot of the Acropolis has uncovered an ancient marble statue of a young man buried almost upright in a brick-lined pit, Greek officials said Monday. A Culture Ministry statement said the nude statue resembles ancient representations of Hermes, messenger of the Greek gods, and may have decorated the townhouse …

2 months ago

Artwork stolen from Schevening hotel; Man walked out with 50 kg statue in suitcase

NL Times

The police are looking for a man who committed a remarkable theft at the Kurhaus hotel in Scheveningen. In broad daylight, the man put a rare statue weighing over 50 kilograms into his suitcase and walked out without anyone noticing, The Hague police said on the investigation program Team West. Surveillance camera footage shows the man walking into the luxurious …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Construction workers stumble upon ‘exceptionally preserved’ Roman statue near ancient city

The Independent

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3 months, 1 week ago

Treasure hunt for 24 karat gold statue and huge cash prize escalates as creator gives huge hint to ornament's whereabouts

Daily Mail

The video game designer that created a massive real-world treasure hunt by hiding a gold statue on a forest floor has revealed the biggest clue yet - it's in Massachusetts. The prize is a gold trophy looking statue, a 10-ounce, 24 karat gold statue valued at more than $26,000 alongside an increasing cash prize currently at $83,000 Each day, Rohrer …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Mystery after 6,000-pound nude Trump statue vanishes from Vegas road days after being erected

The Independent

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5 months ago

Archaeologists uncover rare burials with untouched gold treasures in Egyptian necropolis

The Independent

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Crypt Keeper statue stolen from Burbank horror museum; reward offered

LA Times

A statue of the Crypt Keeper, the creepy host of HBO’s “Tales from the Crypt,” was stolen from the Mystic Museum in Burbank. A statue of the creepy, buggy eyed, skeletal host of HBO’s horror series “Tales from the Crypt” was stolen from the Mystic Museum in Burbank on Sunday, according to the museum, which captured the thief on video. …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Mysterious underground 'entrance' near Egypt's Great Pyramid baffles archaeologists

Daily Mail

Archaeologists have discovered mysterious structures hidden below the surface near Egypt’s Great Pyramid that could be an unknown tomb built 4,500 years ago. Archaeologists have discovered mysterious structures hidden below the surface near Egypt’s Great Pyramid that could be an unknown tomb built 4,500 years ago ‘The structure causing the anomalies could be vertical walls of limestone or shafts leading …

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8 months, 1 week ago

A gripping mystery

China Daily

The grand bronze standing man represents one of Sanxingdui's biggest myths. This is an inevitable question for anyone who has ever looked up to the famous bronze standing man, unearthed from a pit in Sanxingdui, an archaeological site located in Guanghan city, southwestern China's Sichuan province. During its heyday between 1600 and 1100 BC, Sanxingdui was capital to the ancient …

Sanxingdui

8 months, 1 week ago

A gripping mystery

China Daily

By Zhao Xu | China Daily | Updated: 2024-05-02 09:37 The grand bronze standing man represents one of Sanxingdui's biggest myths. This is an inevitable question for anyone who has ever looked up to the famous bronze standing man, unearthed from a pit in Sanxingdui, an archaeological site located in Guanghan city, southwestern China's Sichuan province. During its heyday between …

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8 months, 1 week ago

A gripping mystery

China Daily

The grand bronze standing man represents one of Sanxingdui's biggest myths. This is an inevitable question for anyone who has ever looked up to the famous bronze standing man, unearthed from a pit in Sanxingdui, an archaeological site located in Guanghan city, southwestern China's Sichuan province. During its heyday between 1600 and 1100 BC, Sanxingdui was capital to the ancient …

Sanxingdui Standing Man

8 months, 1 week ago

A gripping mystery

China Daily

The grand bronze standing man represents one of Sanxingdui's biggest myths. This is an inevitable question for anyone who has ever looked up to the famous bronze standing man, unearthed from a pit in Sanxingdui, an archaeological site located in Guanghan city, southwestern China's Sichuan province. During its heyday between 1600 and 1100 BC, Sanxingdui was capital to the ancient …

Sanxingdui

8 months, 2 weeks ago

Haryana man tries to hide 400-year-old idols unearthed during house construction

The Hindu

Three metal idols, estimated to be about 400 years old, were unearthed during excavation for a house construction project in Baghanki village near Manesar, police said on April 24. The antique idols have been taken into possession and the owner has been told to stall construction work, the police said, adding that the Archeology Department will now dig further to …

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8 months, 4 weeks ago

Relics tumble out of wall at Longmen Grottoes

China Daily

Archaeologists clean a stone Buddha head that was discovered at the Leigutai caves of the Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang, Henan province, in November. Archaeologists have made a stunning discovery of more than 80 stone carvings and building units, dating back about 1,300 years, at the Leigutai caves of the Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang, Henan province. The Longmen Grottoes Research Institute, …

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11 months ago

Gigantic replica of Emperor Constantine looks out over Rome as 3D technology brings past to life

The Independent

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1 year, 1 month ago

Elgin marbles in British Museum like cutting ‘Mona Lisa in half’, Greek PM says ahead of Sunak meeting

The Independent

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1 year, 5 months ago

Tale of mysterious monument thickens as relative of famed author pledges to find out what’s inside

Raw Story

LINCOLN — A lonely monument to the heroics of a frontier mountain man may surrender its secrets after all. He then challenged members of the “Neihardt Club” of the Nebraska Normal College to return in 100 years to open it, read passages from his poem and celebrate like mountain men would. ‘Can’t dig without permission’ “It would still be interesting …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Greek PM seeks ‘innovative’ solution to decades-old Parthenon Sculpture dispute with British Museum

Associated Press

VOLOS, Greece — Greece’s prime minister says his government is exploring a “win-win” solution to one of the world’s most intractable cultural heritage disputes: The fate of the Parthenon Sculptures in the British Museum. But he rules out any deal that would include the word “loan.” “We will never recognize that these sculptures are owned, legally owned by the British …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Smiley, dimpled sphinx statue unearthed in Egypt

The Hindu

Archaeologists in Egypt have unearthed a sphinx statue "with a smiley face and two dimples" near the Hathor Temple, one of the country's best preserved ancient sites, the tourism and antiquities ministry announced Monday. The limestone artefact, believed to be a stylised representation of an ancient Roman emperor, was found inside a two-level tomb near the temple in southern Egypt, …

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2 years, 7 months ago

Egypt displays trove of newly discovered ancient artifacts

The Independent

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2 years, 8 months ago

Guardians of heritage

China Daily

Generally considered to represent the highest achievement of Tang Dynasty sculpture, Fengxian Temple was carved between 672 and 675. For 1,350 years, that 17-meter-high statue has stood in the most hallowed cave among the Longmen Grottoes, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Luoyang, Henan province. Over the past half century, his everyday job was to patrol, scrutinize and check his …

Liu Statue Buddha

2 years, 8 months ago

Guardians of heritage

China Daily

Generally considered to represent the highest achievement of Tang Dynasty sculpture, Fengxian Temple was carved between 672 and 675. For 1,350 years, that 17-meter-high statue has stood in the most hallowed cave among the Longmen Grottoes, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Luoyang, Henan province. Over the past half century, his everyday job was to patrol, scrutinize and check his …

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2 years, 9 months ago

'Statue of Knowledge' dedicated to Dr Ambedkar to be unveiled in Latur on 13 April

Firstpost

The statue has been built on the premises of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Park. The unveiling ceremony will be held a day before the 131st birth anniversary of Dr Ambedkar Latur: ‘Statue of Knowledge’, a 70-feet tall statue of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar, will be unveiled in Latur city of Maharashtra on 13 April, 2022, in the presence of Union ministers Kiren …

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3 years, 1 month ago

British Museum exhibition to explore mysteries of Stonehenge

The Independent

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3 years, 7 months ago

Man Found Dead inside a Dinosaur Statue after Being Reported Missing in Spain

News 18

Spanish police are investigating the death of a 39-year-old man, who was first reported missing, and then his body was found trapped inside a large dinosaur statue as they tried to locate his phone. 🔴 Troben el cos sense vida d'un home dins d'un dinosaure decoratiu dels antics cinemes del Cubics de #SantaColoma de #Gramenet. El pare ha avisat immediatament …

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3 years, 9 months ago

Archeologists unearth an ancient pharaonic city in Egypt

The Independent

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3 years, 9 months ago

Greek police recover ancient marble statue of ‘exceptional artwork’, investigation under way

Firstpost

Photos released by the police showed the statue seemed to have been buried for a long time, and bore signs of damage from digging tools. Athens, Greece: A man has been arrested on suspicion of antiquities smuggling for trying to sell an ancient marble statue of “exceptional artwork” that once likely adorned a temple on Athens’ famed Acropolis or the …

Statue

3 years, 10 months ago

With no visitors at Louvre, long-overdue refurbishments finally kick off in the otherwise overcrowded museum

Firstpost

By Thomas Adamson and Alex Turnbill The 518-year-old Mona Lisa has seen many things in her life on a wall, but rarely this: Almost four months with no Louvre visitors. As she stares out through bulletproof glass into the silent Salle des Etats, in what was once the world’s most-visited museum, her celebrated smile could almost denote relief. That’s normally …

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4 years, 1 month ago

Mysterious monolith found on Isle of Wight beach

The Independent

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4 years, 1 month ago

Mysterious monolith found in Romania after similar one disappears from Utah

The Independent

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4 years, 1 month ago

Now, a giant penis sculpture goes mysteriously missing in Germany

India Today

The mystery over disappearing monuments seems to have deepened further. Starting from the mysterious disappearance of a shiny monolith in the desert of Utah to the sudden emergence of a similar structure in far-away Romania, another unsolved mystery has now been reported from Germany. In the latest, police officials in Germany have started investigating what is being termed as the …

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4 years, 1 month ago

Ancient Greek god's bust found during Athens sewage works

The Independent

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4 years, 1 month ago

Egypt unveils ancient coffins, statues found in Saqqara

The Independent

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4 years, 3 months ago

First-ever human image at Pattanam

The Hindu

A Graeco-Roman head of a miniature statue from the same trench that produced the Sphinx was another significant artefact of the 2020 season. This happens to be the first-ever human image excavated at Pattanam. But for the vigilance of PAMA intern Swagata Boruah of Assam University, the artefact, covered with muddy soil, could have been mistaken for the hundreds of …

Pattanam

5 years, 7 months ago

Egypt says a Tutankhamun statue up for auction in London might have been stolen

CNN

CNN — Egypt is attempting to halt the sale of an ancient statue at Christie’s auction house in London over concerns that it may have been stolen. “It is hugely important to establish recent ownership and legal right to sell which we have clearly done.” In a press release on the auction, Christie’s revealed the statue was acquired from Munich-based …

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5 years, 8 months ago

Ancient tomb discovered in Egypt dating back 4,500 years

The Independent

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6 years, 1 month ago

Archaeologists discover eight ancient mummies in Egypt

The Independent

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6 years, 1 month ago

Mummy of 3,000-year-old woman discovered inside unopened coffin in Egypt

The Independent

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7 years, 1 month ago

A Universal Museum in the Heart of the Arab World: Exploring the Louvre Abu Dhabi's Diverse Collection

CNN

The Louvre Abu Dhabi has unveiled a collection of artworks that span centuries and continents, aiming to create a universal museum. The museum has intentionally sought out objects from outside French institutions, including a prehistoric stone tool, a funerary stele from first-century Mecca, and an 8000-year-old, two-headed figure. The museum also pairs objects that may not have been placed in …

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