The slim, boyish, youthful figure was their ideal of beauty, and paintings and statues were erected in its honour. Poems were written about the love that prominent older men had for young men.

苗条、男孩子气、年轻的形象是他们的理想之美，为了对此表示敬意，他们才绘画、竖立雕塑，各种诗歌也突出描述了老年男人对青年男子之爱。

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When you are photographing buildings, statues, or other monuments, think about what they represent before you shoot.

当你拍摄建筑、雕像或是其他历史遗迹的时候，在你按下快门之前想想他们代表了什么含义。

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Rapa Nui's mysterious moai statues stand in silence but speak volumes about the achievements of their creators.

拉帕·努伊岛的神秘的巨石像静静地矗立着，无声地述说着他们的创造者的成就。

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Nanthachai Tubtimsuwan wants to know about the history of the Statue of Liberty, one of the most famous statues in America.

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It is reckoned that the statues toppled in to the pool during an earthquake and remained there for about 2, 000 years.

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The statues, which looked upon a visually stunning region of central Afghanistan for about 1, 500 years, have been gone for 10 years, victims of the Taliban, who destroyed them as part of its campaign to destroy pre-Islamic artifacts considered an assault on the faith.

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Regardless of its lack of statues, Kathryn Bigelow's project remains one of the most talked-about movies of 2012 thanks to its plot centered on the hunt for Osama bin Laden.

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