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Woman finds 2,000-year-old bust of Roman general at a Texas Goodwill for $34.99

AUSTIN, Texas -- Two thousand years ago in Rome an artist sculpted a marble statue of a general's head. The bust ended up in a Bavarian King's museum in Germany centuries later before disappearing ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Archaeologists Say They’ve Solved the Mystery of This Marble Statue. Its Subject Was a Woman Who Might Have Helped an Ancient City Achieve Political Freedom

The researchers connected an inscription on a marble pedestal to the well-preserved marble sculpture. Photos by A.B. Biernacki / Klenina et al., npj Heritage Science, 2025 More than two decades ago, ...
Newsweek

‘Beautiful’ Water-Nymph Marble Statue Found in Ruins of Roman Baths

An 1,800-year-old marble figurine, depicting an aquatic water nymph, has been unearthed by archaeologists during excavations of an ancient Roman bathhouse. The site, named La Alcudia, is located near ...
The Daytona Beach News-Journal

'This beautiful marble statue': Daytona residents get first look at new Bethune sculpture

DAYTONA BEACH — For four years, local residents have followed the evolution of the idea to have a Mary McLeod Bethune sculpture representing Florida in the U.S. Capitol Building. On Tuesday, they got ...
Yahoo

A 2,000-year-old statue is found abandoned in a garbage bag in Greece

This undated handout photo provided by the Greek Police and released on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025 shows a marble statue of a woman believed to be more than 2,000 years old which was found abandoned in ...