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Rubens, Saint Sebastian Tended By Two Angels, circa 1650 COURTESY SOTHEBY'S
Long-Lost Rubens Masterpiece Heads to Auction in July
Over four hundred years ago, Peter Paul Rubens painted a bloody, yet tender biblical scene of Saint Sebastian being tended to by two angels. But the painting’s ownership history and its frequent…
Ahu Tongariki on Easter Island. These moai were restored in the 1990's by a Japanese research team after a cyclone knocked them over in the 1960's.
Climate Change Reveals New Moai Statue on Easter Island
Last week there was an exciting discovery on the remote volcanic Easter Island in Polynesia: a new moai statue. Found on the dry lakebed of Lake Rano Raraku, this moai is much smaller than the…