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Netherlands returns 3,500-year-old sculpture stolen from Egypt during Arab Spring
Egypt requested that the artifact be returned under the 1970 UNESCO Convention, which both it and the Netherlands are beholden to.
'Golden Balls’: Twenty-foot tall statue of naked man erected over small British town
Possible double-burial of pharaohs in Osorkon II’s tomb, newly discovered statues show
Netherlands to return 3,500-year-old Egyptian statue seized in Maastricht
Boston dedicates monument to Martin Luther King, local Jews march in solidarity
Antisemitic incidents and sentiments are on the rise and several recent episodes have especially challenged Black-Jewish relations.
UK Palestinian activists squirt 'fake blood' on Lord Balfour statue
The activists belonged to the organization Palestine Action and protested the UK's role in the alleged Israeli occupation of the Palestinians.
Hercules statue, approximately 2,000 years old, discovered in northern Greece
Researchers believe that the statue was adorned in a building dating to the late Byzantine period in the 8th or 9th century AD for buildings during the Byzantine period.
Sculpted head of Mayan maize god uncovered in Mexico
According to Mayan tradition, the maize god was decapitated every year at harvest and was reborn in the new growing season.
Sandy Koufax statue to be unveiled at Dodger Stadium this summer
Sandy Koufax is a Jewish baseball legend.
What was the unhappy fate of a Jewish tax collector in medieval Spain?
A sculpture in Toledo honors a medieval treasurer killed by the king.
Qasem Soleimani statue torched in western Iran
This is not the first time a statue of former IRGC Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani has been torched in Iran.
Statue of Thomas Jefferson to be removed from New York City Hall
The statue is 188-years old and about 7-feet tall and efforts for it to be removed reignited due to protests for racial justice throughout the United States last year.
Statue of Confederate commander Robert E. Lee removed in Virginia capital
The Robert E. Lee statue is one of the largest still standing in the United States. Memorials that honor leaders of the Confederate side have become targets of protests against racism.
Charlottesville to remove Confederate statue and center of 2017 protest
The statue of Robert E. Lee was meant to be removed in 2017. A second statue is expected to be removed soon as well.
