Giant fragment of 3,200-year-old Ramesses II statue discovered at El Ashmunein

The 3.8-metre limestone fragment was uncovered at El Ashmunein, Minya Governorate, about 150 miles south of Cairo. The fragment matches the lower half of a colossal seated statue of Ramesses II found in 1930 by German…

The San Giuliano Archaeological Research Project (SGARP), led by Baylor University, discovered an undisturbed Etruscan chamber tomb at the San Giuliano necropolis approximately 70 kilometres northwest of Rome. The sealed…

Ram Vanji Sutar, creator of the 522-foot Statue of Unity, passed away at his Noida residence at age 100. He was awarded Padma Shri in 1999 and Padma Bhushan in 2016 for his contributions to Indian sculpture.

The University of Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology (Ashmolean Museum) returned a stolen 16th-century bronze idol of Saint Tirumangai Alvar to the Indian High Commission in London. The idol was originally…