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History
fromMedievalists.net
1 week ago

The Medieval Chinese Origins of Venice's Winged Lion Revealed - Medievalists.net

The bronze Winged Lion in Piazza San Marco was originally cast in Tang Dynasty China as a funerary guardian and later modified in Europe to become Venice's emblem.
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fromenglish.elpais.com
1 week ago

Chilean returns piece of 6th-century BC temple to Greece: It was just another ornament in the house'

A Chilean man returned a small carved Parthenon marble fragment, inherited from his father, to Greek authorities after confirming its provenance.
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