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As per The Punch, the most recent couple in town Adams Oshiomhole and his new wife Lara Fortes may have put off their special honeymoon until after the swearing in of President-elect Muhhamadu Buhari on May 29, 2015. It is ...

Nigerian (Muslims) on twitter had a civil argument earlier prior today on the legitimateness of Gen. Buhari shaking the hands of Oshiomole’s new wife (Lara Fortes) in light of the fact that she is a lady and it is unlawful in ...

Sculpting is definitely an interesting art form. Slowly, over a period of centuries, these sculptures and their histories are formed. This is mostly done by sculpturing. The following list includes a wide variety of these sculptures, and they show just ...

5) Statue of Ramesses II 6) King Tutankhamen Statues

3) Colossus Statue of Ramesses II, Luxor, Egypt Ramesses II (differently transliterated as “Rameses”  or “Ramses”  born c. 1303 BC; kicked the bucket July or August 1213 BC; ruled 1279–1213 BC), otherwise called Ramesses the Great, was the third pharaoh ...

1) The Sphinx The Great Sphinx of Giza is the most famous statue in Africa and is an icon of Egyptian culture and a testament to their achievements. It resides on the Giza Plateau on the west bank of the ...

7) Colossal Statue of Merneptah 8)Bust of Nefertiti The Nefertiti Bust is a 3,300-year-old painted limestone bust of Nefertiti, the Great Royal Wife of the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten, and a standout amongst the most replicated works of antiquated Egypt.  

9) Guanches, Canary Islands Guanches is the name given to the native Berber occupants of the Canary Islands. It is accepted that they relocated to the archipelago around 1000 BC or maybe earlier, with some theorizing that they may have ...

11) Amenhotep III and Sobek Amenhotep III and Sobek, from Dahamsha, now in the Luxor Museum. Amenhotep III (Hellenized as Amenophis III; meaning Amun is Satisfied) otherwise called Amenhotep the Magnificent was the 19th pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty. As ...

13) First Ataoja Osogbo, Nigeria The Ataoja of Osogbo is the conventional ruler, tended to by the title of Oba. 14) The Colossi of Memnon, Egypt The Colossi of Memnon, referred to local people as el-Colossat, or es-Salamat, are two ...