Sculpture

A newly-wed couple poses for photos next to the "Umbrellas" sculpture by prominent Greek sculptor Giorgos Zogolopoulos during snowfall at the seaside promenade of Thessaloniki, Greece, Friday. [Reuters]

The glass roof of the Duveen Gallery in the British Museum which houses the Parthenon Marbles is dripping, with water collecting next to the sculptures, according to a report by Skai TV on Friday.

Museum officials had placed on Friday morning absorbing paper over the water and plastic signs to warn visitors of the slippery floor.

An ancient Roman sarcophagus has been found in Turkey's Aegean region, local officials have said.

Two Kouros-type statues from the Archaic era are seen in photo released on Saturday. The statues were among four unearthed during excavations in October by the ephorate of antiquities of Fthiotida and Evrytania in the wider area of Atalanti in central Greece.

Yiannis Hondroyiannis knew how to use a hammer and chisel at the age of 7. "I learned all about marble and its secrets in my father's workshop.

This marble Roman-era sarcophagus with a sculpture of a little dog lying down has been brought out of storage at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens for the "Unseen Museum" exhibition. Found in the National Garden in 1937, the artifact will remain on display through October 21. [National Archaeological Museum/Eurokinissi]

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Thieves have stolen a sculpture that had been prominently displayed in two Chicago neighborhoods.

Archaeological digs around ancient Egyptian sites still have plenty of secrets to give up yet - like the huge, black granite sarcophagus just discovered at an excavation in the city of Alexandria, on the northern coast of Egypt.

A replica of the Winged Victory of Samothrace, also called the Nike of Samothrace, on display in the Louvre Museum in Paris, has been completed in a workshop in Drama, northern Greece. It will be erected on the island of Samothrace, where the original was found. The 6.5-ton replica is 2.44 meters high.

Dozens of students are seen in this recent photograph plying their skills at sculpting marble at the Tinos School of Fine Arts. The school in the village of Pyrgos, along with several workshops across the Aegean island, keep the tradition of marble sculpture alive, with local families having passed down their skills down from generation to generation for hundreds of years.