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A 2,000-year-old statue is found abandoned in a garbage bag in Greece


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Believed to be???? 

Also could be a robbery and some next guy suppose to pick it up

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8 hours ago, MissJatti said:

Believed to be???? 

Also could be a robbery and some next guy suppose to pick it up

Go back only 80 to hundred years and the Greeks where selling these types of statues, There's one at the top of the stairs in most stately homes. Wentworth Woodhouse springs to mind. So i can see how these pop up from time to time.

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It looks like the Labour gov have found a quiet way of giving back the Elgin marbles 😉 

A very big black guy in a suit was seen in the vicinity. Allegedly.

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On 1/24/2025 at 8:22 PM, docyabut2 said:
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As Estelle Strazdins, a classicist at the Australian National University, tells the Washington Post’s Rachel Pannett, the recently discovered statue’s loose, draping clothing—as well as its marble composition—suggest the piece depicts a goddess. Contemporary sculptures of earthly Greek women were usually made from terra-cotta and depicted them clothed in tight cloaks.

Strazdins also thinks the statue was dedicated in a temple. However, its small size suggests it wasn’t “the main statue in the sanctuary,” she says. “It might be a gift that someone has given to the god either to thank them for something or in the hopes of getting some kind of grant.”

The statue’s garb appears to be a peplos, a one-piece wool garment, per the Times. Still, the statue’s missing limbs make discerning its identity difficult. As Smith tells the publication, “The arms might tell us what the figure was doing and what attributes it may have carried.”

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-man-found-a-mysterious-statue-in-a-trash-bag-on-the-street-it-turned-out-to-be-a-2000-year-old-greek-artifact-180985901/

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