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Greek Police Seize 2 Statues From 2 Farmers
NPR ^ | May 18, 2010 | Associated Press

Posted on 05/23/2010 8:02:33 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

Police in southern Greece have seized a rare twin pair of 2,500-year-old marble statues and arrested two farmers who allegedly planned to sell them abroad for euro10 million ($12.43 million), authorities said Tuesday. Police said two Greeks aged 42 and 48 were arrested in the Peloponnese area late Friday as they were loading the illegally excavated figures of young men into a truck. Authorities are seeking a third man suspected of belonging to a smuggling gang that planned to spirit the 6th century B.C. works out of the country.

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TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: godsgravesglyphs; greece
Thanks eleni121 for this additional link and pics (pics I can actually post on FR ;'):
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1 posted on 05/23/2010 8:02:33 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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Thanks again to eleni121 for the additional (but Greek language) link and pics I can actually use on FR. :')

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2 posted on 05/23/2010 8:03:59 PM PDT by SunkenCiv ("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
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Well, now that the Greeks have arrested the last 2 entrepreneurs left in the country, they can claim to be ONE HUNDRED PERCENT communist! Quite an achievement! :-)

They should have a riot or something to celebrate the feat.


3 posted on 05/23/2010 8:05:48 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (Eat more spinach! Make Green Jobs for America!)
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4 posted on 05/23/2010 8:13:41 PM PDT by GSP.FAN (Some days, it's not even worth chewing through the restraints.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Those very early Greek statues always look Etruscan to me. Great pics, thanks!


5 posted on 05/23/2010 10:48:25 PM PDT by Hetty_Fauxvert (March 2010: Congress shoved Obamacare down our throats. November 2010: We will shove it back!)
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To: SunkenCiv

Sorry, it’s all Greek to me.


6 posted on 05/24/2010 11:07:08 AM PDT by colorado tanker
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If Omega is last, why is there Omega-3 in the stores?


7 posted on 05/24/2010 3:17:11 PM PDT by SunkenCiv ("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
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Dunno, but it sounds fishy.
8 posted on 05/24/2010 3:23:30 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: Hetty_Fauxvert
:') Thanks!
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9 posted on 05/24/2010 4:33:03 PM PDT by SunkenCiv ("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
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