Hong Kong’s oldest university removed on Dec. 23 a famous statue commemorating pro-democracy protesters in the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. In an overnight operation, the University of Hong Kong (HKU) dismantled one of the territory’s few remaining public memorials of …
A college at Cambridge University handed over a looted bronze artifact to Nigeria on Oct. 27. The Jesus College Cambridge returned a statue of a cockerel known as “Okukur” during a ceremony to the Nigerian National Commission for Museums and …
A college at Cambridge University handed over a looted bronze artifact to Nigeria on Oct. 27. The Jesus College Cambridge returned a statue of a cockerel known as “Okukur” during a ceremony to the Nigerian National Commission for Museums and …
A bronze statue depicting a scantily dressed woman from a 19th century poem has sparked a sexism debate in Italy, with some politicians calling for its removal. The statue, unveiled over the weekend in the southern Italian town of Spari, …
A recent study published on Wednesday has revealed that a series of camel sculptures in Saudi Arabia is likely to be the oldest surviving large-scale animal reliefs in the world. Researchers discovered the site in 2018 where 21 reliefs and …
A gigantic sandcastle in a small seaside town in Denmark has been crowned the world’s tallest sandcastle with a height of over 20 meters. Built in the town of Blokhus, the sandcastle stands at 21.6 meters (69.4 feet) high, beating …