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WATCH: Two Roman-era statues unearthed during infrastructure dig for Israel Railways near Haifa

“This is a once-in-a-lifetime discovery,” added Oren and Reiss. “It was very unexpected, but somehow, the really big discoveries always turn up on the excavation’s very last day.”

Roman statues uncovered by the Israel Antiquities Authority excavation, June 15, 2026.
Marble bust believed to depict the Roman goddess of love Venus found on a beach in Alicante, Spain, June 10, 2026.

Marble bust believed to depict Roman goddess of love found during excavations at Alicante beach

Jailed Fatah official Marwan Barghouti

British activists attempt to set up statue of terrorist Marwan Barghouti in Parliament Square

Eight-year-old Dor Wolynitz with the over 1,700-year-old statuette fragment he found in the Ramon Crater area, May 11, 2026.

Eight-year-old boy visiting Ramon Crater finds over 1,700-year-old statue fragment hidden in rocks


Tennessee debates to remove KKK leader statue, replace with Dolly Parton

At the moment, local politicians are looking for options to replace the statue of the Confederate leader and a top candidate for that prominent real estate is Parton, who is from Tennessee herself.

Dolly Parton

Activists light up Confederate statue with LGBT Pride flag

Many other statues have been the target of similar vandalism, with some protesters outright toppling them, as demands for greater racial sensitivity become more vocal throughout the US.

Activists in Richmond, Virginia, took a different approach to vandalizing Cofederate statues by projecting the image of a Pride flag and the initials for Black Lives Matter on a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee Friday night in support of black LGBT rights, CNN reported.  Ever since the st

Workers find bourbon, newspaper hidden in Confederate statue

Davis, a one time US senator, became president of the Confederate States of America after the South seceded from the Union, starting the Civil War.

A caged statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis is strapped to a truck after being removed from the state capital in Frankfort, Kentucky, U.S. June 13, 2020.

Protesters topple another Confederate statue in Virginia's state capital

The monument stood along Richmond's Monument Avenue, which is lined statues of several prominent Confederate figures. The city served as capital of the Confederacy for almost all of the war.

A statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis defaced with paint after it was torn down, is seen in this picture obtained from social media June 10, 2020 in Richmond, Virginia,

Herzog: ‘Moral obligation’ to remove Chicago monument of Nazi collaborator

Jewish Agency Chair discussed the issue with the Chicago Jewish leadership to seek action.

Isaac Herzog

Two Roman statues discovered near burial site in Beit She'an

The statues' discovery is important for understanding late Roman period style, as no two statues from this time period resemble each other.

Roman-era statues discovered near burial site in Beit Shean

Mirror, mirror: Regev thanks artist for loyalty bill protest statue

The event apparently came in protest against "loyalty bill" that passed this week in the Knesset's first reading, initiated by Regev.

Statue of Minister of Culture and Sports Miri Regev on HaBima square in Tel Aviv, November 8, 2018

A golden statue of the Supreme Court President was erected - and removed

Right-wing NGO says it placed it there "in protest against the court's dictatorship."

A statue of Supreme Court President Miriam Naor stands outside the Supreme Court, August 31, 2017