Giant Statues
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Scientists have found traces of bright polychrome coloring of giant statues of 1300 years ago from the Longmen complex
(ORDO NEWS) — Remains of gilding, a thin layer of silver, glaze, as well as multi-colored paints were found by Chinese archaeologists on the surfaces of giant figures from the Buddhist rock temple complex Longmen, the Academy for the Study of Longmen reported. The cave-temple complex Longmen / Dragon Gate / is located near the center of Luoyang, Henan Province / Central China /. In 2000, it was included by…
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Who and why built these giant statues
(ORDO NEWS) — Once upon a time, skyscrapers became a symbol of the growing technological power of the New World, and at the same time evidence of the high cost of land in Manhattan and other downtowns of large American cities. Then the fashion for giant buildings shifted geographically, and now buildings are growing closer to the sky in the rich East. Something similar happened in modern times with giant…
