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Two towering statues of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh have been restored at the entrance of his temple after 3,000 years
More than 3,000 years ago, an earthquake toppled two monumental statues of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep III. Now, ...
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A 96-year mystery ends, the missing statue piece is found
The discovery of a long-missing fragment of a colossal statue of King Ramses II has closed a chapter that had been left ...
Archaeologists working in the ancient city of Nineveh—now Mosul, Iraq—have unearthed a gigantic statue depicting King Ashurbanipal, the former ruler of the Assyrian Empire, Ancient Origins reported.
Two months ago, Egyptian authorities finally started welcoming the public into the luxurious Luxor tomb of the renowned pharaoh Amenhotep III. Yesterday, Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities ...
The mega structures of the ancient world are famously awe-inspiring. They showcase the ingenuity, ambition and ...
The Funerary Temple of Amenhotep III on the West Bank of the Nile at Luxor has reclaimed much of its original grandeur with ...
HONOLULU (KHON2) – In the ahupuaʻa of Honolulu, which lies in the moku of Kona here on Oʻahu, stands a symbol of Hawaiian pride. What was originally proposed to celebrate the 100th anniversary of ...
For the past 100 years, Egyptologists thought that when the powerful female pharaoh Hatshepsut died, her nephew and successor went on a vendetta against her, purposefully smashing all her statues to ...
People view a shrine of Tutankhamun at the King Tutankhamun exhibition hall of the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza, Egypt, on ...
Researchers have known for many years that there was more to ancient Greek and Roman statues than the plain white marble you typically see in museums. A few years ago, museum visitors in New York City ...
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