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Artists Circulate Letter Urging Jewish Museum to Save New Deal Murals

01/27/2026

The latest attempt to save the New Deal-era artwork from the Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building in Washington, D.C., involves a letter written by a group of artists urging the Jewish Museum in New York to save the murals and …

Метки : искусствоновый курсеврейский музейбен шахнфилипп гастонпамятники

Rocky Statue Will Move to Top of Philadelphia Art Museum Steps

01/15/2026

A popular statue of Rocky that’s currently sited at the bottom of the stairs leading to the Philadelphia Art Museum is officially being relocated to the top of those flights. There is technically a sculpture of Rocky Balboa, a fictional …

Метки : роккифиладельфияискусствоскульптурамузейпамятники

The Cerne Abbas Giant's Genitalia was Almost Covered By Trees

07/02/2025

The Cerne Abbas Giant, one of England’s best-known historic hill figures, almost had its genitalia covered over due to a complaint in the 1930s. The Cerne Abbas Giant is an 180-foot long male nude with a club made by Anglo-Saxons …

Метки : гигантсерна аббасистория.памятникианглияплодородие

Ruins of Imet Reveal Daily Life in a Long-Buried Capital in Egypt

06/24/2025

Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of Imet, a once-prominent city in Egypt’s Nile Delta, buried for centuries beneath a mound in the Sharqia governorate. The discovery, led by a British team from the University of Manchester, was announced this week …

Метки : археологияегипетистория.древностигородапамятники

Russian University Chancellor Dies Inside Soviet-Era Statue

05/23/2025

Nikolai Chesnokov, chancellor of Moscow’s State Academy of Physical Education, died on Thursday at the site of a World War II–era monument in the Russian city of Volgograd, according to reports in the local media. He was 68. Chesnokov had …

Метки : спортроссияпамятникиистория.сталинградсобытия

Art Historian Protests Restoration of Monument Graffitied in 2020

05/23/2025

An art historian who chaired Louisville’s public art commission said he would leave his post amid plans to restore a statue of King Louis XVI graffitied by protestors in 2020 following the police killing of Breonna Taylor. In an op-ed …

Метки : искусстволуисвиллпамятникипротестысоциальные вопросырейтц

Machu Picchu: A Guide to Peru’s Lost City of the Incas

02/25/2025

Literally “old mountain” in Quechua, Peru’s dominant indigenous language, Machu Picchu is built into peaks more than 2,400 meters above sea level in southern Peru, where the Andes and the Amazon Basin meet. Archaeologists believe the Incan citadel was built …

Метки : мачу-пикчуистория.инкипамятникиархеологиянаследие