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A restoration project of 300-year-old artwork in a Chinese temple has caused outrage with critics who say the new frescoes erase history and more closely resemble a cartoon. NBC News reports that ...
The temple was dedicated to Horus, and images and references to the god appear on the wall. "In Edfu, he was venerated as a sky god, one eye being the sun, the other the moon," Stadler said.
Tourists visiting a 700-year old temple in Thailand were surprised to find murals containing cartoon characters, such as the Japanese cat Doraemon, the China Central Television (CCTV) reported.
Satellite images show ISIS has destroyed another Palmyran temple. — -- Satellite images provided by the United Nations have confirmed the worst fears for the ancient site of Palmyra, showing ...
ISIS apparently continuing its systematic destruction of ancient ruins. — -- A day after reports surfaced that ISIS demolished a 2,000-year-old Syrian temple, images of the purported ...
Top image is the Temple of Bel seen in Syria's ancient city of Palmyra on August 27, 2015 and bottom image is rubble seen at the temple's location on August 31, 2015 (AFP/Getty) ...
FUKUYAMA, Hiroshima Prefecture--The hollowed out head of an ancient Buddhist statue kept at the Myooin temple here revealed sheet after sheet of “washi” traditional paper adorned with images ...
European Space Agency (ESA) artist-in-residence Jorge Mañes Rubio has drawn up plans for a "moon temple" that would help meet the social, spiritual and psychological needs of lunar settlers.