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French politician and diplomat Charles de Talleyrand once said: "Language is given to man in order to hide his thoughts." It ...

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Since then, he launched the Forget-me-not sculpture project, shaped from shell fragments and stylised titanium flowers, one of which sold for more than $14,000 at Sotheby’s in Geneva, all of which ...

Archaeologists working at a city in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii have discovered two life-sized funerary statues depicting a man and a woman, Ancient Origins reported. The statues were ...

The city said it would provide stewards for its statue of the folk song figure — and repair its bust, which has been damaged by excessive touching. By Lynsey Chutel Reporting from London In song ...

Archaeologists excavating the Porta Sarno necropolis in Pompeii, Italy, discovered life-sized statues of a man and woman as part of a funerary relief. Experts believe the couple depicted were of ...

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Archaeologists say the marble funerary statues of a toga-clad man and a woman shed new light on the power held by priestesses in the ancient city, which was destroyed when Mount Vesuvius erupted ...