Archaeologist and curator Cecilie Brons makes the discovery after immersing herself in the works of Roman writers such as ...

Torso pieces were also found in the same region. Researchers believe they belong to statues of Artemis—goddess of hunting, ...

It is also the site of the world's largest stone statue of Buddha. The Great Buddha at Leshan This colossal statue was carved on a cliff on Soaring to the Clouds Hill facing the three rivers.

In their isolation, why did the early Easter Islanders undertake this colossal statue-building effort ... First, an ahu is the flat mound or stone pedestal upon which the moai stand.

What would have been the best way to move Easter Island's stone giants ... island indicate that statues were ordered to walk by the mythical King Tuu Ku Ihu and the god Make Make.

OSAKA--Moss that has long covered the faces of two stone statues at Hozenji temple here and that has been cherished and nurtured by visitors was removed by a man who admitted to the action ...