JOHANNESBURG - The ANC is celebrating the life and times of struggle stalwart, Mama Nontsikelelo Albertina Sisulu. Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula laid a wreath at her gravesite. There will also ...

Thanks to the public events and the scholarly engagement with her life and work, Charlotte Maxeke has become one of the most visible South African women from the 19th and 20th centuries. Russian ...

Thousands of South Africans have attended the funeral of one of the leading figures of the anti-apartheid movement, Albertina Sisulu. In a message read to the mourners, former president Nelson ...

A medallion of General Franco in Salamanca, Spain. Erected in 1879, the statue of Captain Cook in Sydney’s Hyde Park bears an inscription that claims Cook “discovered” Australia. But those ...

While getting a statue made of someone seems like one of the most honorable ways to immortalize them, that's not always the case: many statues of famous individuals turn out looking nothing like them.

The world’s tallest statue, which was unveiled last fall, stands at 597 ft. on an island in the Narmada River. It towers over the Sardar Sarovar Dam in the western Indian state of Gujarat ...

Sculptors create statues for three outstanding teachers at the National Art Museum of China, a celebration of this year's Teachers' Day. [Photo by Jiang Dong/China Daily] Three teachers ...

Steel statues depicting soldiers and members of the public will remain on display on Salisbury Plain, after calls for them to stay. The artwork was commissioned for the Ministry of Defence's (MoD ...

A UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Statue of Liberty is at the top of many travelers’ must-see lists. A feat of 19th-century technical engineering and a beacon for immigrants arriving at Ellis ...

A statue of Paddington bear has been unveiled in Southampton. It comes as 23 Paddington statues are being installed across the UK to celebrate the cinema release of Paddington in Peru. The statue ...

The collapse of a massive statue of a 17th Century ruler has sparked protests and a political controversy in the western Indian state of Maharashtra. Shivaji Shahaji Bhosale was a warrior king ...

With a cold drink in hand, you'll see not just the Statue of Liberty, but also other top city landmarks from the Brooklyn Bridge to One World Trade Center. These boat tours allow visitors to zoom ...