Sentence examples for archaeological statues from inspiring English sources

"Try nude models who worked in Fine Art Faculties in the early 1970s, hide all art books and smash naked archaeological statues," read the statement, alluding to some recent protests staged here by ultra-conservative Islamists known as Salafis.

Mahdy was denouncing growing pressure from Islamists to ban nudes from the curriculum of art academies in Egypt and elsewhere: "Try nude models who worked in Fine Art Faculties in the early 1970s, hide all art books and smash naked archaeological statues," she wrote as a subtitle to her self-portrait.

We expect compensation for that and also for the forced loan and the destruction of archaeological statues".

Regarded as a major archaeological find, the statue was raised by fishermen five years ago from a depth of 1,600 feet in the Mediterranean.

I love spending time with the Classical statues in archaeological museums; my apartment is decorated with dance imagery from different cultures and centuries.

Among the new acquisitions were Nok statues stolen from archaeological sites in Nigeria.

Palmyra Museum The archaeological museum is filled with statues and ancient artefacts, many of which have been transferred outside of the city.

Jihadi militants have previously released videos of themselves destroying artefacts and statues of great archaeological importance in the city of Mosul.

Another recreates a famous photograph of Freud's office, including every little desktop statue from his archaeological collection.

That's why every statue, vase and archaeological shard on display in "Ruins and the Rebirth of Art in Italy," a show that opened last week at the Colosseum in Rome, has a story to tell.

Both volumes are illustrated by statues, vase paintings and archaeological sites -- Spivey's with 40 black-and-white and Miller's with 291, including many in color.