CAIRO—Egypt welcomed home a 3,400-year-old statue depicting the head of King Ramses II after it was stolen and smuggled out of the country more than three decades ago, the country’s antiquities ministry said on Sunday. The statue is now in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo but not on display. The artefact will be restored, the […]
After being toppled by Black Lives Matter activists and thrown into Bristol harbor back in 2020, the statue of Edward Colston is being considered for permanent display in Bristol Museum. NTD sought commentary on this development from Marie Kawthar Daouda, a lecturer in French at the University of Oxford.
A 45-year-old man was arrested in the theft of a bronze Jackie Robinson statue that was cut off at the ankles and found days later smoldering in a trash can in a city park in Kansas, police announced Tuesday. Ricky Alderete was taken into custody earlier this month in a kidnapping case and charged Monday […]
Kobe Bryant fans filled the streets in downtown Los Angeles to catch the first glimpse of a striking new statue of the basketball star outside the Crypto.com arena. The statue captures the Lakers legend pointing to the sky in one of his most iconic moments after scoring a career-high 81 points wearing the number 8 […]
The National Park Service recently withdrew its decision to remove the statue of William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania, at a historic site in Philadelphia. Initially met with widespread criticism, the Park Service now advocates for a more ‘inclusive’ renovation highlighting Native American culture. NTD spoke with Historian Roger McGrath to delve into this development.
JERUSALEM—Israeli police have arrested an American tourist at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem after he hurled works of art to the floor, defacing two second-century Roman statues. The vandalism late Thursday raised questions about the safety of Israel’s priceless collections and stirred concern about a rise in attacks on cultural heritage in Jerusalem. Police identified […]
The Ronald Reagan Library is known for honoring a variety of American heroes and they’ve done it again by paying tribute to a space traveler. This pioneer was part of NASA’s 1978 class of astronaut candidates, who dreamed big and always reached for the stars.
Sylvester Stallone left a piece of himself behind for Adele. In a recently published interview with the Wall Street Journal, Stallone confirmed that the “Hello” singer kept a statue of the actor as Rocky that overlooks the pool when she purchased his Los Angeles mansion. When asked if he had wanted to take the statue […]
A statue of a Revolutionary War general was removed from City Hall in Albany, New York, on Saturday over his ownership of slaves. City workers removed a statue of Maj. Gen. Philip Schuyler before loading it onto a trailer and hauling it to a storage facility. The statue’s removal fulfilled an executive order that Democratic […]
A statue of Thomas Fallon, one of the earlier mayors of San Jose, was taken down by the city on Monday. NTD’s David Lam hears from locals in Silicon Valley for their reactions, as well as what makes a statue—a statue.
Police in Hatfield, Massachusetts, have launched a search for a 200-pound statue of the cinema ogre after it was reported missing from its home. The Hatfield Police Department posted an alert about the absent ogre on Facebook on Wednesday. They included a photo of the fluorescent-green cement statue, clad in Shrek’s iconic vest. “If you […]
A West Virginia restaurant is celebrating after its beloved “Weinerman” statue was returned. The statue was stolen from Dairy Winkle, a restaurant in Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia, according to a Jan. 19 news release from the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office. The business suffered a fire on Jan. 11. The restaurant owner reported that in […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif.—The statue of a 19th-century Northern California rancher and meat-packing magnate was decapitated earlier this week, leaving investigators in the state’s capital city scratching their heads to find a motive behind the vandalism. Tipsters could receive a $1,000 reward for information about what befell the nearly century-old granite statue of Charles Swanston in Sacramento’s […]
Judges have ruled that activists who damage statues can’t defend their actions under human rights laws. In a ruling, Lord Chief Justice Ian Duncan Burnett said the toppling of Edward Colston’s statue in Bristol in 2020 was violent, caused significant damage, and is not protected by the European Convention on Human Rights. This came after Home […]
The New York Mets unveiled a statue of former Met and Hall-of-Fame great Tom Seaver. Nicknamed “The Franchise,” Seaver played his first eleven seasons in New York, winning three Cy Young Awards and leading the team to their 1969 World Series triumph.
NBA great Kobe Bryant passed away two years ago this week in a helicopter crash that also killed his daughter and seven others. Sculptor Dan Medina decided to commemorate the two-year anniversary by making a statue of Bryant and his daughter.
A sculpture of NBA-great Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna “Gigi” Bryant was brought to the site of their helicopter crash. It’s where they were tragically killed alongside seven others near Los Angeles two years ago.
The Chinese regime forced Tibetan monks and Tibetan people to watch the demolition process of a 99-foot tall Buddha statue at Thoesam Gatsel temple in Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, in December. The Buddha statue was built after the regime approved the project in 2015, and has special meaning for local Tibetan monks and […]
MPs are expressing concerns after Black Lives Matter activists were cleared of criminal damage for toppling a statue. A former housing secretary says the verdict undermines the rule of law. UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss is warning Russia of the consequences should it invade Ukraine. She said Britain will not accept what she called Russia’s campaign to subvert its democratic neighbour. […]
MPs expressed concerns after Black Lives Matter activists, who openly admitted to toppling the statue of Edward Colston, were acquitted of criminal damage. The activists threw the statue into Bristol harbour in June 2020, but the jury agreed they hadn’t committed a crime. While the prime minister didn’t want to comment on this particular case, he said it’s […]
