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Archaeologists Unearth the Torso of a Rare Buddha Statue—Nearly 100 Years After They Found Its Head
The two pieces of the 800-year-old sculpture were discovered roughly 160 feet away from each other at the Ta Prohm Temple in ...
After 98 Years, Archaeologists Found the Missing Torso of an Ancient Buddha Statue
While excavating the Ta Prohm temple in Angkor in 1927, a team of archaeologists discovered the head (and only the head) of a ...
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Missing torso of Buddha’s head discovered, solves century-old puzzle
Archaeologists discovered a torso that unexpectedly matched an iconic Buddha head that had been unearthed more than a century ...
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A Special St. Patrick’s Day Guest: the Head of King George V
At its show in Australia this weekend, the raucously political rap trio Kneecap brought what appeared to be the missing head of a King George V statue onstage. By Ali Watkins The irreverent ...
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The Case of the Missing Head: The Cleveland Museum of Art to Return Statue to Türkiye
In 2023, the New York County Manhattan District Attorney’s Antiquities Trafficking Unit, or NYATU, had seized a statue in the collection of ...
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Franz Kafka’s head kinetic sculpture in Prague
An curved arrow pointing right. Artist David Černý created "K on sun," a giant, kinetic sculpture of Franz Kafka's head. The sculpture is in Prague, right next to a building in which Kafka ...
Cambodia's Apsara National Authority discover body of Buddha statue matching head excavated in 1927
The sculpted body of a Buddha in an unusual pose was discovered by Apsara National Authority (ANA) specialists at the Ta ...