Tagged: statues

A granite pillar that held the statue of a Confederate soldier at the North Carolina Statehouse grounds for 125 years, came down Tuesday night after three days of failed attempts. The removal of the column — estimated to weigh 8,500 pounds — required the use...

Researchers are excavating some of Easter Island’s famous statues, called moai, unearthing the buried secrets of the most remote inhabited island in the world. The excavation of this moai, nicknamed “Papa” by Katherin Routledge in 1914, began in spring of 2010. Quarry bedrock is visible...

– Each October 12th, Spain celebrates Hispanic Day with a national holiday to commemorate the day Christopher Columbus reached the Americas in 1492, but not all people in Spain think it’s an event worth celebrating. Barcelona’s mayor, Ada Colau wants the statue of Christopher Columbus...