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

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

A marble statue believed to be more than 2,000 years old has been found in a garbage bag near the city of Thessaloniki in Greece; experts say the piece dates back to the Hellenistic era....                        ...                        ...                            ...A marble statue of a woman believed to be more than 2,000 years old was found abandoned in a garbage bag near the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login of Thessaloniki, police said Wednesday.......A resident discovered the 80-centimeter (31-inch) headless statue beside a trash bin in Neoi Epivates, outside Greece's second-largest city. The man turned it over to local authorities, who contacted archaeologists to assess its significance.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Police said experts, following an initial evaluation, determined the piece dates to the Hellenistic era, a period roughly between 320 and 30 B.C. that was marked by a flourishing of art and culture following the conquests of You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login.......The statue was sent for further examination by archaeologists. It will ultimately be handed over to the local antiquities authority for preservation and study.......Police opened an investigation to determine who discarded the statue and briefly detained a man for questioning who was later released without charge.......Accidental archaeological discoveries are relatively common in Greece, a country renowned for its ancient heritage, and often made during building construction or public works. In December, workers installing natural gas pipelines near Athens uncovered a You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login buried upright in a brick-lined pit near the Acropolis.......Thessaloniki weeks ago unveiled a trove of antiquities found during the decades-long construction of its metro system, which officially opened in November. Key finds, including a marble-paved Roman thoroughfare and tens of thousands of artifacts spanning the Greek, Byzantine, and Ottoman periods, are now showcased at subway stations....

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