When Marco Polo returned to Venice from a place he called Catai in 1295, he brought back sublime tales of another world. Polo’s Book of the Marvels of the World told of paper money, a burning ...
The analysis of the statue's materials connected the lion to Chinese copper ore deposits. Researchers took the opportunity to take samples of the statue when it was being restored between 1985 and ...
A winged lion has been gazing across St. Mark's Square in Venice for hundreds of years. Researchers have now discovered that the bronze sculpture has come a long way before it became a symbol of ...
The Lion of Venice, an ancient bronze statue of ... has revealed that the sculpture originates from copper ore deposits in China. More specifically, lead isotopes reveal that major parts of ...
The lead isotopes from the sculpture linked it back to these same copper mines in the 8th century CE. The research team noted that the “Lion of Venice” statue appears to have been shipped or ...
Stonemason Paul Booth, left, and Friends of Weelsby Woods members Lee Grey and Jemmima Edwards with the lion before it was restored A lion statue damaged last year when a car crashed into it has ...
According to the study, revealing the hybrid to be a Chinese protector, the creature's moustache, teeth, ears and horns were probably cut or sanded off to resemble a lion, a more recognizable symbol ...