"This 'Colossus' Sculpture Was Created By Italian Sculptor Giambologna In The Late 1500s As A Symbol Of Italy's Apennine Mountains"
"Veiled Lady" (Bust) By Raffaelo Monti, 1860. Marble
"This masterpiece is a wonderful example of sculptor Raffaelo Monti's skill. We can’t see through stone, but through tricks of light and polish, Monti created the illusion that we can. On his Veiled Lady, the top of the head and shoulders are polished smooth, to reflect light. But where the veil falls across the face, the marble is less polished. It reflects less light, suggesting the texture of fabric. Sculptures of veiled figures peaked in popularity during the 1700s in Italy, an opportunity for sculptors to show their technical mastery over marble. About a century later, Monti and other artists revived this technically demanding tradition."
"A Few Years Ago, The World’s Largest Intact Ancient Mosaic Opened To The Public In Antakya, Turkey"
"The sixth-century stone mosaic, spanning some 1,200 square meters and made up of geometric shapes and non-repeating figures, was probably used as a public space in its time, archaeologists believe.
The stone is distinctive due to its curved, rug-like surface, and the artifact grew curved as a result of earthquakes in 526 and 528 AD.
Despite the quakes, however, the mosaic never broke, and made it to the present day intact and unbroken.
Unearthing the piece took nine years of hard work, and other historical artifacts were brought out during the excavation.
The massive mosaic proved that the mosaics of Antakya - ancient Antioch, in the Hatay province - are the finest historical artifacts not only in Turkey, but in the entire world"
"A Mysterious Unknown Artist Is Believed To Have Created A Rock Formation In The Lake District Known As The Borrowdale Banksy"
"The carefully placed structure, believed to be made from local slate, is circular in formation and provides a perfect frame with a view overlooking the Borrowdale Valley in Cumbria, England."
"1,200 Stone Sculptures With Different Facial Expressions At The Nenbutsu-Ju Buddhist Temple In Kyoto, Japan"
"There Is A Road In Rome, The Appian Way, Which Was Built In 312 Bc By Appius Claudius Caecus And It Is Still In Use Today"
"The Swedish Warship Vasa"
"It sank in 1628 CE, less than a mile into its maiden voyage and was recovered from the sea floor after 333 years almost completely intact. Now housed at Vasa Museum in Stockholm, is the world's best preserved 17th Century CE ship."
"Mosaic Remains From Archaeological Site Of Volubilis, In Outskirts Of Meknes, Morocco"
"This Petrified Opal Tree Trunk Located In Arizona Is 225 Million Years Old"
"Radiocarbon Dating Of The Tarkhan Dress, Named For The Town In Egypt Where It Was Found In 1913, Determined That The Very Finely Made Linen Apparel Dates To Between 3482 And 3103 B.c., Making It The World’s Oldest Woven Garment"
"Believe It Or Not. There Are 100,000+ Carvings On The Gopura Of This Temple"
"The Impressive Colomares Castle, Spain"
"The 'Little Chapel', Which Is Located On Guernsey, Was Constructed Over Decades By Monks From France"
"It is adorned with hundreds and thousands of pieces of broken pottery and iridescent shells
The bijou place of worship, tucked away in Les Vauxbelets valley, 'feels magical and otherworldly'"
"Over 3000 Years Old Animal Figurines Mounted On Little Carriages Are Described As Prehistoric Children Toys On Display At The Louvre Museum In Paris"
"The relics were unearthed in Susa, southwestern Iran, dating from Elamite Period, C.1150 BC"
"This Enormous Underground City That Once Housed 20,000 People Was Accidentally Discovered By A Man After Knocking Down A Wall In His Basement"
"When archaeologists later arrived to the site, they revealed that the city was 18 stories deep and had everything needed for underground life, including schools, chapels, and even stables."
"A Magnificent Roman Striped Mosaic Bowl, Dating Late 1st C. Bc/Early 1st C Ad. Made Of Preformed Rods And Canes Fused On Or In Mould"
"The Oldest, Most Complete Bible On Earth"
"The Ethiopian bible, which was written on goat skin, was the world's first illustrated Christian Bible and was written around the early 5th Century CE"
"Cemetery In Taiwan"
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This is a shoop.
It is indeed a fake. Er, uh... I mean shoop.
Actually, it was changed because not everyone is a christian. It's more PC to use CE because it includes everyone, and not just those who don't really know anything and think their culture is the only one worth recognizing. Like you. I'm talking about you.