Israeli Woman Stumbles Upon Roman Busts Near Ancient Ruins

i24NEWS ^ | December 30, 2018 | AFP

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An Israeli woman walking near ancient ruins noticed a head sticking out of the ground, leading to the uncovering of two Roman-era busts, archaeologists said Sunday.

The life-size sculptures, carved in limestone, were found in the northern city of Beit Shean earlier this month, with the Israel Antiquities Authority dating them to the late Roman period, some 1,700 years ago.

The well-preserved busts are of men, one of them bearded, sculpted in the Oriental style that was becoming fashionable at the end of the Roman period, according to Eitan Klein, deputy head of the IAA's theft prevention unit.

The area was a major city during the Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine periods...

A number of artifacts and ruins from the Roman and Byzantine eras have been unearthed near Beit Shean and surrounding areas. The Roman busts, found several kilometers outside of the national park, likely were exposed by recent heavy rainfall.

In 2015, an art dealer in northern Israel was arrested after it was discovered he illegally obtained 3,000 ancient coins about 8 kilometers from Beit Shean.

The suspect, who has not been named, is a licensed antiquities dealer said that he found the coins in the fields around the kibbutz. He was charged with attempting to sell the coins abroad without an export permit, the IAA said in a statement.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clover_(band)