Greek fisherman nets 2,200-year-old bronze statue

Las Vegas Sun ^ | Monday, March 23, 2009 | Associated Press

[SunkenCiv]

[paraphrased] The torso and right arm of a late 2nd century B.C. statue of a male rider wearing armor, tunic and a sheathed sword was brought up between the Aegean islands of Kos and Kalymnos.

[SunkenCiv]

Not really much more to the article. :')

[SunkenCiv]

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[swatbuznik]

Geez, no picture or nothing? This is the intraweb, baby! :D

[Keli Kilohana]

I’ll bet it tastes like chicken.

[JoeProBono]

[JoeProBono]

The one above's a fake

In this handout photo provided by the Greek Ministry of Culture on Monday, March 23, 2009, the torso and raised right arm of a 2,200-year-old statue are seen after it was raised in a fisherman's nets. The ministry said the find, dating to the late 2nd century B.C. was part of an equestrian statue of an armed man wearing a breastplate and carrying a sheathed sword. It was accidentally found last week in the eastern Aegean Sea between the islands of Kos and Kalymnos. (AP Photo / Greek Culture Ministry, HO)

[wildbill]

Somwbody pull up the old movie pic with Sophia Loren in a wet outfit. The movie was Boy on a Dolphin with Alan Ladd who was so short they had to dig holes in the sand for her to stand in when they kissed.

[SuziQ]

Must have been a small statue, or that fisherman had a BIG net!

[SuziQ]

Dang! That MUST have been a big net!

[TenthAmendmentChampion]

Fascinating! Can you imagine finding something like that?

[DannyTN]

Didn’t comedian Steven Wright claim he went to a museum that had all the arms missing from all the other museums?

[dayglored]

> Somwbody pull up the old movie pic with Sophia Loren in a wet outfit. The movie was Boy on a Dolphin with Alan Ladd who was so short they had to dig holes in the sand for her to stand in when they kissed.

THIS ONE?

[wildbill]

That’s the one that filled my boyhood dreams.

[dayglored]

> That’s the one that filled my boyhood dreams.

Truly iconic. They don't make 'em like they used to....

[fso301]

That’s the one that filled my boyhood dreams.

Now if we can only find that image of Beavis going Boi-oi-oi-oi-oing!

[dayglored]

Y'all might find this interesting:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4nc5GXC0Is

Just a few minutes, but good minutes....

[bert]

[marine86297]

I love that picture, my wife and driving back to Indiana from Camp Pendleton, CA, stopped in Winslow at 3:00 in the morning to take pictures of each other standing on a corner in Winslow Arizona, such a fine sight to see...

[CholeraJoe]

This is my favorite armless Greek chick - Nike of Samothrace. I saw the real one in the Louvre. She's 7.5 meters tall.

[Tainan]

I have steadfastly maintained that the sea contains many many very old items.

And I am unanimous in this!