Tag: statue

NC Supreme Court upholds Asheville’s removal of Confederate statue

North Carolina’s highest court ruled in favor of the City of Asheville in a lawsuit challenging the city’s removal of a Confederate monument in 2020. The lawsuit, filed in 2021 by the Society for the Historical Preservation of the 26th North Carolina Troops, alleged the City of Ashville and Buncombe County breached a contract by […]

Campus Cat ‘Pebbles’ Honored With Statue at University of Essex

A feline resident of the University of Essex in the United Kingdom, a cat called Pebbles, is getting official recognition for his campus contributions. In celebration of Pebbles’ popularity, the university declared March 5 as “Campus Cat Day.” Moreover, they unveiled a bronze statue of the cat in his honor. University of Essex’s campus cat […]

Archaeologists in Egypt unearth section of large Ramses II statue

CAIRO (Reuters) – A joint Egyptian-U.S. archaeological mission has uncovered the upper part of a huge statue of King Ramses II during excavations south of the Egyptian city of Minya, Egypt’s tourism and antiquities ministry said on Monday. The limestone block is about 3.8 metres (12.5 feet) high and depicts a seated Ramses wearing a […]