The Tumaco-Tolita people, who lived in an area rich in natural gold, crafted intricate and delicate metal objects until the ...

The colossal gold and ivory statue of the goddess Athena, in the Parthenon on the Acropolis, was stripped of its gold which was then struck into coins. This was the only known example when King ...

For more than 500 years, visitors keen to see the "colossal statue" that once graced ... comprise an "enormous marble head with staring eyes", feet, an elbow, a shin, wrist, knee, hand and an ...