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<span style="font-weight: bold"> Confirmed : Massive storm unearths # ancient # marble statue in # Israel ( BBC )...</span>
The massive storms that hit Israel earlier this week unearthed a white marble Roman statue of a woman in Ashkelon, officials said.The 4-foot statue of a woman with her head missing, thought to be 1,650- to 1,800-years-old, was discovered when a cliff crumbled at an archaeological dig in Ashkelon, Dr. Yigal Israel of the Israel Antiquities Authority told Haaretz."It is a lovely white statue that is missing its head and part of a hand. It was apparently imported from Italy, Greece or Asia Minor and may have represented the goddess Aphrodite," he said."The woman depicted in the statue is wearing a toga and leaning on a square stone column. Her clothing was chiseled meticulously -- her toes are delicate. We see her sandals and her small emphasized bosom. Simply a stunningly beautiful statue," he said.A passerby alerted the authorities after spotting the statue in seawater, he said, noting it was in remarkably good condition despite the fall.
<span style="font-weight: bold"> Confirmed : Massive storm unearths # ancient # marble statue in # Israel ( BBC )...</span>
The massive storms that hit Israel earlier this week unearthed a white marble Roman statue of a woman in Ashkelon, officials said.The 4-foot statue of a woman with her head missing, thought to be 1,650- to 1,800-years-old, was discovered when a cliff crumbled at an archaeological dig in Ashkelon, Dr. Yigal Israel of the Israel Antiquities Authority told Haaretz."It is a lovely white statue that is missing its head and part of a hand. It was apparently imported from Italy, Greece or Asia Minor and may have represented the goddess Aphrodite," he said."The woman depicted in the statue is wearing a toga and leaning on a square stone column. Her clothing was chiseled meticulously -- her toes are delicate. We see her sandals and her small emphasized bosom. Simply a stunningly beautiful statue," he said.A passerby alerted the authorities after spotting the statue in seawater, he said, noting it was in remarkably good condition despite the fall.