Template:Did you know nominations/Beulé Gate

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The result was: promoted by Lightburst (talk) 22:35, 6 July 2023 (UTC)

Beulé Gate

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The Beulé Gate as it appears after excavation

... that during the excavation of the Beulé Gate (pictured), a dynamite explosion sent a piece of mortar through one onlooker's hat? Source: St Clair 2022, "Who Saved the Parthenon?", p491: "curator Pittakis had a lucky escape when a flying fragment made a hole in his hat."
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Improved to Good Article status by UndercoverClassicist (talk). Self-nominated at 19:44, 2 July 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Beulé Gate; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

Recent GA, length adequate. Image is licensed appropriately, and looks good at 100px. QPQ has been done, no copyvio detected. Referencing adequate, hook verified by source and is cited inline. Good to go. Juxlos (talk) 05:03, 3 July 2023 (UTC)