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He lay there quietly, tucked under a blanket of centuries of sand, and then all these people turned up with their spades
Archaeology · Art · Museums · Rome
The chief masterpiece of the Palazzo Massimo in Rome is one of the best-known ancient sculptures, the Lancellotti Discobolus, 2nd century BC, itself a marble copy of the legendary bronze original of the 5th century BC by the sculptor Myron
The Discobolus was one of the celebrated ancient Greek bronze statues that have not survived, known to us from the words of ancient authors, from numerous fragmentary finds of copies and from a few depictions. The Discobolus is described in Lucian's textbook dialogue: "Do you mean the
Archaeology · Cinema · Observations · Heritage
Plunderers of Etruscan Tombs Wanted by Police
The Italian Minister of Culture, Alessandro Giuli, has announced that the Italian authorities have put a stop to illegal excavations of an Etruscan burial site in Umbria, and that the police are now searching for two Etruscan treasure hunters. The wanted men are suspected of stealing funerary sarcophagi and an
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A Fresco from Pompeii and a Painting by Van Gogh
Archaeology · Moscow · Nature · Ethnography
In the Seventeenth Century Muscovites Loved Cats So Much That They Depicted Them Wearing Crowns
During work at two archaeological sites in Moscow, on Tverskaya Street and on the grounds of the Chizhevsky Compound on Nikolskaya Street, clay tiles were discovered bearing the image of a cat in a crown. Both items are the work of Moscow craftsmen who lived 400 years ago. What sort
Archaeology · Architecture · Heritage
Excavations ahead of the rebuilding of the River Station in Tver have uncovered 22 thousand unique objects dating from the 13th to the 20th century
"Among other things, an ice-house (cellar) from the 16th century has been discovered," say the local authorities in a statement. As for the restoration of the architectural monument, the station building will be built in the same style as its predecessor, erected in 1935-1938 to a
Archaeology · Architecture · The East · Heritage
The 18-metre Colossi of Memnon, guarding the entrance to the Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep and depicting the pharaoh Amenhotep III, face east
The 18-metre Colossi of Memnon, guarding the entrance to the Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep and depicting the pharaoh Amenhotep III, face east. Built of sandstone in 1350 BC in the necropolis of the city of Thebes. During an earthquake in the year 19 the northern colossus cracked, and from
Archaeology · Archive · The East · London · Museums · Heritage
This Is How the British Museum Displays the Library of Nineveh
The legendary Library of King Ashurbanipal was discovered by the Englishman Austen Henry Layard in 1849. He managed to unearth one part of the vast library, which had been kept in the north-west palace on the banks of the Euphrates. And he brought the epoch-making find to England
Aristocracy · Archaeology · Moscow · Museums · People
The Historical Museum has launched an online project dedicated to Count Alexei Uvarov, scholar, archaeologist, founder of the Moscow Archaeological Society, collector and patron of the arts
Uvarov was the author of the idea of creating the Historical Museum and devoted all his strength and knowledge to the successful realisation of the project. The website gathers materials on the life and scholarly work of Alexei Uvarov. The scholar considered the creation of the Russian Historical Museum on
Archaeology · Art · Museums · Science
At the close of 1983 the art dealer Gianfranco Becchina approached the Getty Museum in California, offering to sell it a beautifully preserved marble statue of the 6th century BC for a record 10 million dollars
At the close of 1983 the art dealer Gianfranco Becchina approached the Getty Museum in California, offering to sell it a beautifully preserved marble statue of the 6th century BC for a record 10 million dollars. The museum people naturally took the two-metre kouros away for examination, which pointed
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