Statue in the stream

Last week’s heavy rainfall in Athens has led to the discovery of a Roman marble statue which had been apparently dumped in a streambed in the southern suburbs, an archaeologist said yesterday. . .

Yiorgos Steinhauer, head of the Culture Ministry’s local antiquities department . . . said the statue could have been recently discovered by builders during construction work, and dumped in the streambed for fear archaeologists might stop the works if alerted to the find.

Posted by David on January 25, 2005 9:14 PM