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Gas workers stumble upon remarkable Hermes statue near Acropolis
A white marble statue depicts a nude male figure in the style of the Ludovisi Hermes was discovered during municipal works for a natural gas network near the Acropolis. According to SKAI ...
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A crumbling, long-forgotten statue with an unusual erect phallus might be a Michelangelo. Renaissance scholars want hard evidence.
While other sculptures show male genitalia, the Pan is the only ... It's hard to carve a marble statue in secret The trouble for Çam's theories is that Michelangelo was not some obscure artist ...
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Blake Pontchartrain: The mysterious origins of the marble statues in NOLA's Jackson Square
Jackson Square, designed as military parade grounds, was known as the Place d’Armes during the French colonial period and ...
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The cultural fight over Michelangelo's David
However, David has become embroiled in several controversies over its depiction of a nude male — and now one ... are becoming worried that the "marble statue's religious and political ...
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Ancient Statue Of Greek God Found In Sewer
Archaeologists excavating an ancient Roman sewer last week made a spectacular discovery—a nearly complete marble statue of a Greek god. The statue stands about 6 feet 8 inches tall, and the ...
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Tomb of ancient hero — filled with gold and statues — found in Greece. Look inside
The capital of a Corinthian column unearthed at the site Photo from the Greek Ministry of Culture A marble statue of a male figure Photo from the Greek Ministry of Culture Part of a marble lion ...