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☆ An 1,800-year-old Roman statue was found in a UK parking lot. How it got there is a mystery.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-25 | by ( Erin Mcdowell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewA Roman statue was unearthed during construction on a British parking lot at one of the most expansive and impressive houses of the 16th century. The Roman statue was found during construction on a parking lot at Burghley House, a 16th-century English estateThe head of a Roman statue found at Burghley House. Burghley House said this was a common practice in the 18th century to make artifacts more attractive to aristocrats buying wares abroad. However, Burghley House said it was 'a complete mystery' how the bust and head ended up buried on the groundsRoman statue at Burghley House. A professional conservator cleaned and reassembled the sculpture to its original form, unveiling the striking features of a Roman woman.

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☆ An ancient dinner still sits in a Bronze Age village 2,850 years later
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-23 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

First, one of the crew found a marble head of a Roman lady, and two weeks later its bust surfaced nearby, reuniting the pieces. Cambridge Archaeological UnitMust Farm was a thriving Bronze Age stilt village, perched above a river in eastern England, when it burned down 2,850 years ago — just nine months after its inhabitants had built it. The site, acclaimed by experts as “Britain’s Pompeii,” preserved rare information that reveals a new, less hierarchical portrait of Bronze Age society. Malhan/MPIAAstronomers have spied two streams of ancient stars that likely helped build the Milky Way galaxy billions of years ago. They find wonder in planets beyond our solar system and discoveries from the ancient world.

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☆ 1,800-year-old Roman statue discovered in parking lot
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-19 | by ( Amy Woodyatt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A Roman statue dating back almost 2,000 years has been discovered by construction workers building a parking lot in the United Kingdom. Digger driver Greg Crawley uncovered the marble head of a Roman lady at 16th century country estate Burghley House in Peterborough, England, last year while undertaking renovation works. Greg Crawley found the ancient statue head while building a parking lot. “I couldn’t believe it when they told me it was a Roman marble statue,” he added. The statue will now be displayed alongside other statues collected by the ninth earl at Burghley House.

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☆ A Roman Head Is Unearthed, but Mysteries Remain
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-14 | by ( Victor Mather | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

When you dig in a country with as much history as Britain, sometimes you find something remarkable. Or, in a more recent case, it might be the marble head of a woman from the Roman era that disappeared at some point in the last 250 years. Sometimes, such a find comes with a mystery: How the heck did the woman make her way from Burghley House, a stately home near Peterborough, England, to a shallow grave 300 yards away? “Burghley has thrown up all sorts of discoveries over the years,” Jon Culverhouse, the house’s curator, said. “In cupboards, under stairs.”

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☆ Conservators restore 17th-century portrait of noblewoman to remove cosmetic touch-ups
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Lianne Kolirin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

English Heritage, an organization that manages more than 400 historic buildings, monuments and sites in England, has discovered that a portrait dating back almost four centuries was later altered to “improve” the subject’s appearance. The portrait before the added changes were removed by the conservation team English HeritageConservators have now revealed the true face of noblewoman Diana Cecil, after spending hours removing changes to her features. Cecil (1596–1654), was the great-granddaughter of William Cecil, Lord Burghley, one of Elizabeth I’s closest friends and advisers. The restored version of the portrait will go on display in London from November 30. Christopher Ison//English HeritageAccording to English Heritage, Cecil was “one of the great beauties of the age” but the full-length painting was found to have undergone some cosmetic alterations since it was painted in the 17th century.

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