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Santa Cruz artist Geoffrey Nelson creates Capitola begonia sculpture
The seeds for this floral sculpture were planted by Santa Cruz artist Geoffrey Nelson through a call for artists by the Capitola Art and Cultural Commission to honor the Begonia Festival, which was ...
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These Unassuming Artifacts From King Tut’s Tomb Could Tell a Remarkable Story
Since the tomb of King Tut was found, a set of four clay troughs were thought stands for wooden staffs. New research suggests ...
Archaeologists Discovered Two Life-Size Statues at Pompeii, Covered With Mysterious Symbols
Archaeologists excavating the Porta Sarno necropolis in Pompeii, Italy, discovered life-sized statues of a man and woman as ...
Everything We Ask of Art Is in These Marbles
The 2,000-year-old Torlonia collection of Roman sculptures, now at the Art Institute of Chicago, has the urgency of the ...
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Archaeologists Uncover Two Nearly Life-Size Statues Carved Into the Wall of a Tomb in Ancient Pompeii
The figures appear to represent a married couple. Experts think the woman, who is holding laurel leaves, may have been a ...
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A Life-Sized Statue of a Bejeweled Ancient Priestess Is Unearthed in Pompeii
Two life-sized statues have been unearthed in Pompeii, including a bejewelled priestess of the ancient goddess Ceres.
The Art Institute of Chicago Returned a Sculpture to Nepal But Obscured Its Connection to a Wealthy Donor
The famed museum recently returned a 12th-century Buddha sculpture that it says was stolen from the Kathmandu Valley. However ...