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In Armenia, a monumental complex with a statue of Jesus Christ, planned to be one of the tallest in the world, is due to rise on the summit of Mount Ates by the end of 2026

In Armenia, a monumental complex with a statue of Jesus Christ, planned to be one of the tallest in the world, is due to rise on the summit of Mount Ates, some 30 km from Yerevan, by the end of 2026. The statue itself will stand 33 metres high, and

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Researchers discover that the ancient Egyptians used an equivalent of correction fluid to fix mistakes on papyri

While preparing a papyrus some 3,300 years old for the exhibition "Made in Ancient Egypt" at the Fitzwilliam Museum in England, staff noticed that the painted figure of a jackal had been altered: the animal had been made slimmer. The jackal is part of a scene from

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Stele of King Naram-Suen depicting his victory over the Lullubi

Down the mountain comes the routed army of the enemy, begging for mercy, while up the mountain climb Naramsin's soldiers, full of vigour. One of the outstanding monuments of Akkadian art, dating from around 2250 BC, though found in Iran rather than Iraq: in 1898 French archaeologists discovered

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Fragment of a wall painting depicting Asiatic subjects from Syria and Palestine

New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, reign of Thutmose IV, c. 1400 BC.

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One of the most famous sculptures of the ancient world and arguably the greatest monument of Iberian art, the Lady of Elche, found in 1897, was soon after its discovery acquired by the Louvre for 4,000 francs

The masterpiece of Spanish antiquity remained in France until 1941, when Spain exchanged it, under a special programme, for several dozen other works of art and items of jewellery. The sculpture dates from the 4th century BC. Franco ordered the Lady of Elche to be displayed in the Prado National

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Wooden tools found on the shore of a lake in Greece are believed by scholars to be the oldest known to date

Wooden tools found on the shore of a lake in Greece are believed by scholars to be the oldest known to date. Their age is estimated at roughly 430,000 years. I remain convinced, all the same, that half a million years is a rather modest figure beside the true

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Pan, 2nd century, Archaeological Museum of Gortyn, near Heraklion

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This year Sarah Mullally will formally take up the office of Archbishop of Canterbury, becoming not only the first woman to hold it but also the first occupant of the palace since its recent reconstruction

Lambeth Palace in London, for eight centuries the residence of the Archbishops of Canterbury, has been restored for the first time in 70 years. The £40 million reconstruction was devoted to the restoration and conservation of the building's historic elements. The palace serves as the archbishop's

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Golden vase depicting winged bulls, found in a tomb at Marlik, in north-eastern Iran, that is, on the south-eastern shore of the Caspian Sea, in the territory of the ancient satrapy of Hyrcania

Golden vase depicting winged bulls, found in a tomb at Marlik, in north-eastern Iran, that is, on the south-eastern shore of the Caspian Sea, in the territory of the ancient satrapy of Hyrcania. 12th-10th centuries BC. National Museum of Iran, Tehran

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Archaeologists discover ruins of a Byzantine-period monastic complex in Sohag Governorate, Egypt

Archaeologists have discovered the ruins of a Byzantine-period monastic complex in Sohag Governorate in Egypt. The find has been described as the most comprehensive of its kind in the region. The monastery comprises residential and communal buildings, small cell-like annexes for the monks, as well as service rooms

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The ancient Roman would not have recognised the layout of his own city, were he to behold it

The ancient Roman would not have recognised the layout of his own city, were he to behold it. It has often happened that, on digging deep into the earth, men have struck the top of a very tall column which "still stood at its full height below." For

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For more than 70 years, bones in the collection of the University of Alaska Museum of the North were mistaken for the remains of a mammoth

In 1951–1952 the anthropologist Otto Geist found these bones in the interior of Alaska and gave them to the museum, and from then until recently the exhibit was considered to be the remains of a mammoth. The situation changed in 2022, when the bones were subjected to radiocarbon dating.