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2,000-year-old headless statue found in Greece near trash cans, police now investigating
In December, construction workers putting in natural gas pipelines near Athens found a Roman-era statue of the ancient Greek god Hermes buried upright in a brick-lined pit near the Acropolis of ...
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The Revisionist History of the Nazi Salute
But a new theory came to the fore when Musk’s close Italian ally and defender, Andrea Stroppa, posted a now-deleted statement on X: “Roman ... the Augustus of Prima Porta statue with ...
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Ancient 2000-year-old marble statue found in rubbish bag in Greece as police launch probe into bizarre discovery
The statue has been transferred to local antiquities authorities for preservation and further examination by archaeologists. Police have launched an investigation to determine who discarded the ...
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Ancient statue found dumped ‘near dustbins’: Greek police
Police in Greece said Wednesday they were investigating how an ancient Greek statue came to be dumped in a black plastic bag near dustbins in the northern city of Thessaloniki. The organised crime ...
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Ancient statue found dumped 'near dustbins' - Greek police
Police in Greece said they were investigating how an ancient Greek statue came to be dumped in a black plastic bag near dustbins in the northern city of Thessaloniki. The organised crime unit said ...
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A 2,000-year-old statue is found abandoned in a garbage bag in Greece
THESSALONIKI, Greece — A marble statue of a woman believed to be more than 2,000 years old was found abandoned in a garbage bag near the Greek city of Thessaloniki, police said Wednesday.
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The strange history of citrus fruit spans ancient China and Rome to the Renaissance and today's lunchbox
But the citrus genus has a surprising history, popping up everywhere from ancient Rome and the Renaissance to naval exploration and Casanova's famed romantic trysts. The history of citrus dates ...
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An Ancient Headless Statue Is Found Amid Trash in Greece
The police said a man handed over a statue that he ... species that were our ancient relatives shared the same habitat and possibly interacted. The Reach of Roman Celebrity: A 2,000-year-old ...
Greek City Times21d
Ancient Roman Statue of Athena Emerges After 260 Years in Hiding
An ancient Roman statue of the Greek goddess Athena ... Recent analysis by a conservation team has revealed that the statue’s head was created during the reign of Augustus (around 31 B.C.E.–14 C.E.), ...
Greek Reporter21d
Ancient Statue of Goddess Athena Reemerges After Three Centuries
A Roman statue of ... the Roman Emperor Augustus (31 BC-14 CE), and the body from another, carved during the time of Emperor Claudius (41-54 CE). Like many sculptures sold in Rome in 18th-century ...
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Ancient Statue Found Near Garbage in Northern Greece
The ancient statue, after being examined in a police crime lab in ... Greek history between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the rise of Augustus in Rome in 31 BC. When Alexander died he ...