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  • Statues offer clues to Greek isle's past(Keros Island,Cycladine)

    01/01/2007 4:32:18 AM PST · by TigerLikesRooster · 11 replies · 1,242+ views
    AP ^ | 12/31/06 | NICHOLAS PAPHITIS
    Statues offer clues to Greek isle's past By NICHOLAS PAPHITIS, Associated Press Writer Sun Dec 31, 4:19 AM ET ATHENS, Greece - Unlike its larger, postcard-perfect neighbors in the Aegean Sea, Keros is a tiny rocky dump inhabited by a single goatherd. But the barren islet was of major importance to the mysterious Cycladic people, a sophisticated pre-Greek civilization with no written language that flourished 4,500 years ago and produced strikingly modern-looking artwork. A few miles from the resorts of Mykonos and Santorini, Keros is a repository of art from the seafaring culture whose flat-faced marble statues inspired the work...