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Lady of Akita: Japanese Statue Weeps, Sheds Blood, and Performs Miracles!
... convent in the northwestern town Akita. Yet today, the statue and her tiny chapel are world renowned for miraculous ... and healings. Beginning in 1973, the solid wooden statue was seen weeping, perspiring, and bleeding. She also ... Agnes witnessed the first miracle of the Virgin Mary statue. On June 12, 1973, a brilliant light shone around the ...
Kerry Sullivan - 18/05/2021 - 14:51
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Northampton Museum punished for shameful sale of ancient Sekhemka statue
... of Britain for auctioning off a precious Egyptian statue of Sekhemka. The 4,400-year-old statue was sold to a private buyer in July for £15.8 ... going to Lord Northampton, whose ancestors donated the statue to the museum. The shameful sell-off caused outrage ...
aprilholloway - 03/10/2014 - 23:32
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Could There be a Third Bamiyan Buddha, Hidden for Centuries?
... mentions a third Buddha, though unlike the other two, this statue is in a reclining position: “To the east of the city ... 1000 feet [304.8 meters] or so.” The Nirvana Buddha Statue Several years after the destruction of the two ... reported that a third Buddha (or rather, fragments of a statue of the Buddha) was discovered less than 2 km (1.2 mi) ...
dhwty - 22/11/2015 - 14:52
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Why Was This Sculpture of a Forgotten Pharaoh First Transported to Israel and Ultimately Smashed?
... of Hazor: From myth to reality Monumental 4500-Year-Old Statue of an Egyptian Official Discovered at Tel Hazor ... in the royal iconography of the 5th Dynasty as well. Statue of Neferefre. Abusir. JE 98171, 34 cm. Cairo Egyptian ... report Laboury and Connor write, “The history of the statue was surely quite complex, and the kingdom of Hazor ...
Alicia McDermott - 01/09/2017 - 18:48
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Quarrying and Blasting May Destroy 2100-Year-Old Castle Site and Statue of Mother Goddess in Turkey
... in Turkey have endangered the structure and a precious statue of the ancient goddess Cybele. The castle, which dates ... of professor Yücel Şenyurt. When the discovery of the statue of Cybele was made known to the world, about 15,000 ... people visited the castle to see it. Examining the Cybele statue in Ordu, Turkey. ( Hurriyet Daily News ) Now, the ...
Mark Miller - 15/03/2017 - 21:58
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Cosmic Buddha: High Tech Scan of Ancient Chinese Statue Reveals Stunning Illustrations Depicting Buddhist Teachings
Digital 3D scans carried out on a 6th century life-size statue of a monk have revealed stunning illustrations carved ... embedded in the robe. The Buddha Vairochana (Pilushena) statue, known also as the “Cosmic Buddha” was originally ... inside hidden compartment of thousand-hand Bodhisattva statue The mummified monk inside a Buddha statue Could There ...
aprilholloway - 29/01/2016 - 00:45
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Colossal standing Pharaoh Amenhotep III returned to splendor in Luxor, Egypt after toppled by ancient earthquake
... unveiled the restored, 12.9-meter (43ft) standing statue of Amenhotep III at the northern gate of the king’s funerary temple. The Guardian reports that the statue collapsed 3,000 years ago in an earthquake. It is one ... heads the conservation project at the temple. The statue was reassembled and repaired using the 89 large pieces ...
lizleafloor - 15/12/2014 - 21:49
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Vandals Destroy Priceless Buddha Statue for Being Un-Islamic
... traditional part of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. The statue was found by the workers while they were digging the ... of a building on a farm. Heart breaking. A life sized statue of Buddha was discovered in a construction site in ... Dates From Gandharan Civilization It appears that the statue was a life-sized figure of the Gautama Buddha . It was ...
Ed Whelan - 20/07/2020 - 13:52
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Massive statue of Pharaoh Taharqa discovered deep in Sudan
... to the area of Egypt until now where a huge one tonne statue of Pharaoh Taharqa of the 25 th dynasty was found in ... Egypt (which was later retaken by his successors). The statue of Taharqa was found during a recent excavation at ... Dangeil in Sudan and it is the first time that a Pharaoh statue has been found so far south of Egypt, making it an ...
johnblack - 18/06/2013 - 14:10
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Stone Age ‘Venus of Egerszeg’ Statuette Unearthed in Hungary
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The Impossible Statue: The Marvelous Marble Net of Il Disinganno
... Naples will take your breath away. Amongst them, the famed statue known as Il Disinganno, was carved out of one single ... Naples will take your breath away. Amongst them, the famed statue known as Il Disinganno , was carved out of one single ... one of the oldest marble sculptures in the world is a statue of a kouros (youth) which was crafted between 590 and ...
ashley cowie - 19/05/2022 - 22:58
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Which Goddess Lost Her Legs in a Shipwreck? 2,700-Year-Old Terracotta Statue Discovered in Turkish Waters
... legs hidden beneath the waters? They say that the statue they found hiding in the sand of the Aegean Sea is a ... University (DEU), the valuable 2,700-year-old terracotta statue was discovered at a shipwreck site under more than 140 ... upper part of the sculpture is in the same place.” The Statue Represents an Ancient Greek Goddess from Cyprus – ...
Theodoros Karasavvas - 24/01/2017 - 19:58
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Disaster as ancient statue of Sekhemka sells for £16m, setting dangerous precedent
... officials to stop the sale of a 4,400-year-old Egyptian statue by Northampton Museum in England at a Christie’s ... The Council decided to auction off the historic Egyptian statue of Sekhemka in order to help pay for the £14m ... extensive petitioning and many heartfelt pleas. The statue of Sekhemka was made in about 2400 BC and shows two ...
aprilholloway - 11/07/2014 - 23:55
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Depicting Man or Beast? Can You Solve the Riddle of the Great Sphinx of Giza?
... carved into the limestone bedrock of the Giza plateau, the statue depicts a mythical creature with the head of a man and ... debate has swirled around the origins and nature of this statue. Some say that erosion patterns actually indicate the ... oddly disproportionate head suggest that originally, the statue was not of a sphinx at all, but rather of a lion or ...
Kerry Sullivan - 05/02/2017 - 16:45
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Has A “Royal-Trinity” Of King Ramesses II Been Discovered In Egypt?
... Archaeology, said in a Facebook post that along with the statue of Ramesses II other statues were discovered of ... at the beginning of their journey into the afterlife. A statue of Sekhmet recently unearthed in Egypt and related to ... Everything Into Being The archaeologists also discovered a statue of “Ptah,” the husband of the goddess Sekhmet, who ...
ashley cowie - 29/07/2020 - 18:35
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Scientists Make Easter Island Moai Statue Walk (Video)
... a unique technique that involves shifting and tilting the statue's base while using ropes and pulleys to move it ... By Robbie Mitchell Scientists Make Easter Island Moai Statue Walk (Video) ...
Robbie Mitchell - 20/05/2023 - 16:41
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Tracing the Unknown Origins of the Enigmatic Nomoli Figures
... with the heads being large compared to the body size. One statue depicts a human figure riding on the back of the ... figure with opening containing metal ball. Right: X-ray of statue before it was opened, showing metal ball inside. ( ...
mrreese - 18/03/2023 - 00:57
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Archaeologists find mysterious ancient dolphin statue near Gaza
... the Gaza coast. Coincidence? Definitely. Talking of the statue, head archaeologist Alexander Fraiberg told The Times ... Byzantine-era, building. “The mystery is where the statue came from, who destroyed it, when, and under what ... her birth from the sea. An example of such a work is the statue of Aphrodite Pudica with Eros astride a dolphin which ...
Robin Whitlock - 26/09/2018 - 02:36
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Project Launched to Revive the Colossus of Rhodes, Wonder of the Ancient World
... ‘Colossus of Rhodes Project’ to revive the tallest statue of the Hellenistic period. The planned 150-meter ... edge museum containing thousands of ancient artifacts. A Statue to Honor Victory The Colossus of Rhodes was the last of the seven wonders to be completed, it was a statue built to thank the gods for victory over an invading ...
aprilholloway - 29/10/2015 - 02:42
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The Greatest Colossal Statues of Ancient Greece (Video)
... Phidias' crowning achievement, however, was the colossal statue of Zeus for the Temple of Zeus in Olympia. Standing at ... Wonder of the Ancient World: The Grand and Powerful Statue of Zeus The statue, adorned with a wreath of olive branches, donned a ...
Robbie Mitchell - 16/01/2024 - 19:56