Template:Did you know nominations/Priest-king (sculpture)
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The result was: promoted by Desertarun (talk) 07:44, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
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Priest-king (sculpture)
The Priest-king, c. 2000–1900 BCE
- ... that in 1972 Indira Gandhi made Zulfikar Ali Bhutto choose between the Dancing Girl and the Priest-king (pictured) to be returned to Pakistan? Source: "both the statues were initially taken away in the 1930s by John Marshall and put on display at Delhi Museum. “When [Zulfikar Ali] Bhutto tried to get back the relics, then Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi refused and told him to choose one of them,” Gadhi told The Express Tribune. “Bhutto preferred the statue of King Priest over the nude dancer.” " Tunio, Hafeez, "With King Priest ‘in hiding’, Dancing Girl yet to take the road back home", 16 July 2012, The Express Tribune
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Xia Ji
- Comment: Original version was largely copyvio, by a now-blocked sockpuppet. The statue is an important one, so I have taken it over.
Created by Johnbod (talk) and Aglrochisat (talk). Nominated by Johnbod (talk) at 03:27, 5 June 2021 (UTC).
Jumping on this so I have a QPQ in pocket for a later date... Whether we call it a new creation or an expansion, it easily qualifies length-wise. I see no issues with remaining CV, the sourcing is solid, and the tone is NPOV. The hook is interesting and tempts the reader to click not only on the bolded article but also the Dancing Girl link as well, which I love. No issues with the source or the content of the hook, and the length is fine. Confirmed by archive.org that the image was legitimately released as CC in 2006, it is used in the article and looks nice even at a small size. As soon as the QPQ is done, this is good to go. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 04:16, 5 June 2021 (UTC)
- Thanks - QPQ done - Template:Did you know nominations/Xia Ji. Johnbod (talk) 16:43, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
