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Girl, 7, Killed By Falling Marble Statue In Hotel Courtyard

September 4, 2022September 4, 2022 William McGee Accident, Courtyard, Crushed, Death, Falling, Family, Father, Germany, Girl, Hotel, Italy, Killed, Lawyer, Little, Marble, Munich, Pedestal, Playing, Police, Statue, Toppled, Tragic, Unfixed

A seven-year-old girl was crushed to death when an unfixed marble statue fell on top of her at the hotel

Europe General News Sport

Maradona Statue Joins The Perm-ier League

August 9, 2022August 11, 2022 William McGee Argentine, Awful, Bafflingly, COTIF, Country, Football, Giant, League, Legend, Maradona, Match, Perm-Ier, Shirt, Sky-Coloured, Soccer, Spain, Star, Statue, Strange, Team, Tournament, Tribute, Youth Cup

It looks as if Argentine football legend Maradona might just have joined the Perm-ier League with this bafflingly awful new

Archaeology Europe General News

Amazingly Preserved 3,000-Year-Old Statue Of Water Goddess Unearthed

July 31, 2022July 31, 2022 William McGee Amazed, Archaeologists, Astonishingly, Bavaria, Clay, Colony, Creators, Experts, Figurine, Germany, Magical, Natural, Offering, Prehistoric, Riverside, Rock, Statue, Stream, Unearthed, Water Goddess, Well-Preserved, Worshipped

An astonishingly well-preserved 3,000-year-old statue of a magical water goddess has been unearthed by amazed archaeologists in Germany. The clay

Archaeology General News Middle East

Ancient Egypt Shrine And Statue Fragments Found At City That Once Housed Cleopatra’s Needle

July 10, 2022July 10, 2022 Thomas Hochwarter Ancient, Archaeologists, Cleopatra, Construction, Discoveries, Dynastic, Egypt, Experts, Fragments, Germany, Heliopolis, Human, Italy, Kingdoms, Medieval, Needle, Obelisks, Pharaoh, Predynastic, Remains, Remarkable, Sandstone, Scientific, Shrine, Statue, Takelot I, Temple

Archaeologists researching the ancient temple city of Heliopolis have made remarkable discoveries documenting intense temple construction activities in Ancient Egypt.

General News Religion South America

New Christ Statue Is One of Tallest In The World

May 13, 2022June 4, 2022 Lee Bullen Artist, Brazil, Breathtaking, Christ, completed, Iconic, Indonesia, Jesus, Markus Moura, Monument, Pedestal, Poland, Protector, Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande, Sculpted, Statue, Tallest, Work, World

A breathtaking new statue of Jesus even bigger than Rio de Janeiro’s iconic Christ the Redeemer has been completed in

General News Middle East Religion

Iran’s Morality Cops Destroy Statue of Woman for Showing Too Much Ankle

April 13, 2022April 13, 2022 Joseph Golder Ankle, Breached, claimed, Codes, Comment, Complaints, Cops, Demolition, Destroy, Dress, Exposed, Family, Female, Gorgan, Hardliners, Images, Incident, Iran, Islamic, Leg, Mobile, Modern Life, Morality, Muslims, Phones, Removed, Showing, Statue, Supposed, Ultraconservative, Woman

A statue of a woman in Iran has been removed and destroyed because part of her leg was exposed. The

Archaeology General News North America And Caribbean

Ancient Marble Aztec God Of Art, Dance And Games Statue Goes On Show

December 24, 2021December 24, 2021 Joseph Golder Ancient, Art, Aztec, Aztec Empire, Capital, Conquest, Dance, Depicts, European, Flowers, Games, God, Last Stage, Macuilxochitl-Xochipilli, Marble, Mexico, Museum, Mythology, Neighbourhood, Part, Show, Statue, Temple, Tenochtitlan, Uncovered

This ancient marble statue of the Aztec god of art, dance and games has gone on show in Mexico City.

Archaeology General News Middle East

Bronze Roman Statue Of Winged Lion With Mans Body Found At UAE Ancient Site

December 13, 2021December 13, 2021 Lee Bullen Ancient, Archaeological, Artefact, Base, Bird Foot, Body, Bowl, Bronze, Burning, Creature, Discovered, Eagle Wings, Features, Found, Incense, Large, Mans, Mleiha, Mythical, Object, Roman, Roman Empire, Roman-Era, Statue, Supported, Talons, Torso, UAE, United Arab Emirates, Winged Lion

This bronze Roman-era statue of a mythical winged lion with a man’s torso has been discovered at an archaeological site

Architecture General News North America And Caribbean

Head Of Haunted Statue Mysteriously Reappears 20 Years After Being Decapitated

November 26, 2021November 27, 2021 Lee Bullen Decapitated, Haunted, Head, Mysteriously, Reappears, Statue

The head of a cemetery statue has mysteriously reappeared after 20 years when it was vandalised. The statue was in

Archaeology Asia General News

Ancient Chinese Statue That Resembles Peppa Pig Unearthed Months After Angry Birds Pig

September 29, 2021September 29, 2021 Lee Bullen Ancient, Angry Birds, Artefact, Birds, British, Cartoon, China, Chinese, Compared, Dug Up, Intact, Lookalike, Loved, months, Peppa Pig, Pig, Pit, Place, Resembles, Sacrificial, Statue, Unearthed

This intact 3,000-year-old artefact that was unearthed from an ancient sacrificial pit in China has been compared to the much-loved

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