[SunkenCiv]

Kouros statues discovered in Atalanti, Central Greece Photos: Greek Ministry of Culture

[Tax-chick]

It depicts a standing, bearded young man

Isn't the beard unusual for a kouros?

[a fool in paradise]

maybe he was trying to grow a Colossus of Rhodes

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

I read of similar statues found fifty years ago in Greece. It was believed they were broken off at the feet and buried to prevent the Persians, then invading, from destroying them. It was believed they were grave markers and the article said they would try and match the feet up with stones in the area.

[wildbill]

Hey, my mother had one of those in her garden watering the pool.

[Grimmy]

How do they know the statues were made by a farmer planting olive trees?

I kid I kid! Don’t hit me.