Divers Found a 3,000-Year-Old Statue at the Bottom of a Lake—With Fresh Human Fingerprints
At the underwater archaeology site of Gran Carro di Bolsena in Aiola, Italy, divers found an ancient clay figurine pegged to ...
Penny Hardaway growing as a head coach in his Memphis Tigers' latest March Madness trip
“Penny’s a laid-back coach,” said senior guard Tyrese Hunter, who suffered a left foot injury in the conference tournament ...
Who made these unusual ancient ‘puppets’—and left them atop a pyramid?
The enigmatic people who created the figures may have shared cultural traditions with neighboring Maya and other ancient ...
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Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Clay Puppets With Open Mouths and Detachable Heads That ‘Resemble Modern Toy Dolls’
The figurines were discovered in a largely unexcavated site in El Salvador. Some 2,400 years ago, they were controlled by ...
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These Puppets May Have Been Used in Funeral Rituals 2,500 Years Ago
Five clay figurines uncovered in El Salvador feature detachable heads with holes, possibly allowing them to be moved like ...
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2,400-Year-Old Clay Puppets With Moveable Heads Found Atop Ancient Pyramid
“They’re made of very, very fine clay without any obvious additives, so this is a very fine piece of art,” Dr Jan Szymaski from the University ... necks and matching sockets in the base of each head,” ...
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Whidbey Island clay artists mucking in mud more than ever
“You want to press down but not too much. I want the clay to have a response to what I’m saying.” Learning the art of ram’s head wedging is the first indication that this six-week ...
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Meet the Antiques Road Trip experts: from Izzie Balmer to Natasha Raskin Sharp
The series sees two antiques experts go head to head as they travel up and ... where he studied History of Art & Architecture. The 50-year-old has been a specialist in the miscellaneous and ...
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Discover the Pot Made of Wood Ash: A New Clay Alternative
Follow us on Wild Wonders as we explore the art of crafting shelter ... Movie Hits Netflix's Top 10 and It's Not a Western Epic Head of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has been killed ...
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Head of Honolulu Museum of Art to step down after 5 years at the helm
“But I have a deep affection for the Honolulu Museum of Art.” Norton-Westbrook took over as head of HoMA in 2020, making her the third female director in the history of HoMA, which celebrates its ...
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The Met Returns Stolen Seventh-Century B.C.E. Bronze Griffin Head to Greece
Metropolitan Museum of Art New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art is returning a seventh-century B.C.E. bronze head of a griffin to Greece after new research revealed that it had been stolen in ...
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Metropolitan Museum repatriates ancient bronze griffin head that was stolen from Greek institution
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is returning a bronze griffin’s head from the seventh century BC to Greece after it was found to have been stolen from a museum there in the 1930s. The cast-bronze ...