St. Michael Italian Marble Statue News
NEW ORLEANS CEMETERY THEFTS CAUSE GRIEF, STIR EFFORT TO RECOVER HISTORIC ARTIFACTS
Cracks line the Virgin Mary's weathered granite face as she gazes down, scarred arms at her side and grainy palms up. She is guarding a grave as she has done since the late 1800s. Nearby, 2-foot stone sculptures depicting Christ or a winged cherub stand sentinel for families entombed in 8-foot
Publication: The Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY)
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Italian restaurant's Neptune sculpture reigns over a fringe element now
A .V. Ristorante Italiano on New York Avenue at Sixth Street NW had a wonderfully gaudy marble statue of Neptune on its patio. Not long ago, the top part of a building from across the street was moved onto the site. What happened to Neptune? I hope he has a prominent, happy home. - Ray Milefsky,
Publication: The Washington Post
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Michelangelo created the statue of David and the Sistine Chapel ...but a hotel as well?
Byline: JOY ANDREWS DO you remember the scene in A Room With A View when Lucy Honeychurch, George Emerson, and Charlotte Bartlett climb to a butterfly meadow near Fiesole high in the hills above Florence? They go for a sunny afternoon picnic to escape the slamming heat of the city and cultural
Publication: The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
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Syria reports five arrested for artifact smuggling; archaeological site reported
00-00-0000 Dateline: DAMASCUS, Syria Syrian authorities have arrested five Syrian men on charges of trying to smuggle artifacts abroad, newspaper of the ruling Baath party said Tuesday. The smugglers confessed that the artifacts were originally stolen from Hama province in northwestern Syria, the
Publication: AP Worldstream
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Names in the news.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
``Cast Away the Tom Hanks-as-Robinson-Crusoe movie, won the No. 1 box-office spot over the weekend, with about $30.1 million in U.S. and Canadian ticket sales, according to studio estimates on Sunday. If the estimates hold when the final figures come out Tuesday, the film directed by Robert
Publication: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
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