A teenager has recreated the Venus de Milo out of snow in her back garden. Emily Bates, 17, sculpted the frozen goddess in her Leeds garden when her school had an inset day. Her mum, Sue Bates, said ...

In Syria the provisional government led by Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham has removed the term “gods” and images of statues from the school curriculum. Men destroy statues so that the statues do not destroy ...

Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah Sheikha Bodour bint ...

More than 100 rare artefacts that were dug up from Sharjah's prized archaeological sites were flown to Rome — making it to ...

214.6 x 68.5 x 78.7 cm. (84.5 x 27 x 31 in.) ...

Ancient statues have also been found in trash before in other parts of Europe. In 2023, a Roman-era statuette of Venus was ...

A tiny head carved from mammoth ivory looks back at us from the Stone Age. This sculpture, discovered at the archaeological ...

Ancient statues have also been found in trash before in other parts of Europe. In 2023, a Roman-era statuette of Venus was discovered in a trash dump in Rennes, France. That same year, ancient ...

(Weddell was an avid collector of antiquities, including the so-called Jenkins Venus.) The Halsted curator Karen Manchester notes that the statue is an amalgam of two sculptures from different ...