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A CT-scan of an ancient Buddha statue has led to the unique discovery of a mummified Chinese monk, dating back to the 11th century and preserved in the same position as its exterior statue.
A gold statue of Buddha housed at Hungary's Natural History Museum has been discovered to contain the mummified body of an ancient Chinese monk. Gavino Garay reports.
Rio's Christ the Redeemer statue lights up in memory of Pele, one year after the Brazilian football legend died aged 82. IMAGES
The US West Point military academy finds no apparent contents in a 200-year-old time capsule recently discovered inside the base of a monument at West Point, New York, and believed to have been left by cadets in the 1820s. "The box didn't quite meet expectations," says an expert during the unveiling ceremony, adding that his team will collect a layer of silt from the bottom of the box to see if they can find any remains in it. IMAGES
Barcelona (Spain), ??May 23 (EFE).- (Camera: EFE) The body of a 39-year-old man was found inside the statue of a decorative dinosaur, located next to a cinema in the Barcelona town of Santa Coloma de Gramanet.FOOTAGE OF THE DINOSAUR ON MAY 23.