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Humans have been constructing animal statues for thousands of years. It is a way for us to convey our deep bond with the animal kingdom and the debt of gratitude that we owe to our fellow creatures.

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To learn the history of a new destination, travelers should look no further than its most famous buildings ... An ancient Roman temple turned Catholic church, the Pantheon pairs a circular ...

a Roman-era thoroughfare and ancient water and drainage systems. Many of the artifacts are on display along the underground network. The statue handed in to police on Saturday was a little worse ...

In December, construction workers putting in natural gas pipelines near Athens found a Roman-era statue of the ancient Greek god Hermes buried upright in a brick-lined pit near the Acropolis of ...

Humans have been constructing animal statues for thousands of years. It is a way for us to convey our deep bond with the animal kingdom and the debt of gratitude that we owe to our fellow creatures.