Gaza fisherman hooks statue of ancient Greek god Apollo

http://www.cnn.com ^ | February 15, 2014 | Nic Robertson and Talal Abu Rahma

[Beowulf9]

Gaza (CNN) -- When Jwdat Abu Ghrb spotted a dark shape last summer in the waters off Gaza, where he was diving for fish, he initially thought it was a corpse.

"I was afraid," he told CNN. "I put on my goggles, dove underneath and still couldn't tell what it was. I resurfaced and got some help from other people and family members and came back, and after full four hours of trying we managed to get it out of the water and I was shocked by what I found."

It was a life-size bronze statue, believed to be a 2,500-year-old depiction of the ancient Greek god Apollo.

[The Antiyuppie]

Finally, an explanation of why there was only one female Smurf.

[ExpatGator]

That would not have been moved by tides. It was either sunk with a vessel (most likely) or pitched overboard for some reason.

[montag813]

Read different sources. Very likely an elaborate hoax.

[cloudmountain]

That would not have been moved by tides. It was either sunk with a vessel (most likely) or pitched overboard for some reason.

Okay. Thanks.

[Conservative4Ever]

Hah...I thought the smurf blankie was a nice touch. :-)

[right way right]

Some junk thrown off a boat?
Fell off a boat?
Something like that.

[BradyLS]

Very funny! Looks like the statue and the Smurfs on the towel are re-enacting a scene from Gulliver’s Travels, too.

[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

"The Greeks were really something, weren't they? Such an OLD culture--founders of so many things."

The Greeks invented sex, but it was the Romans that introduced it to women.

[KosmicKitty]

Which will be immediately destroyed as it is an insult to Allah.

[The Antiyuppie]

It looks like it might have been made of copper or bronze. On that “After People” (or words to that effect) series, it was mentioned that man-made radioactive materials and bronze sculptures would be the most long-lasting works of Man - potentially, millions of years. Other than the broken parts,it looks like you could polish that right up and it would look “like new” after being in salt water for a few thousand years...

[LonePalm]

The hands look Italian.

A Greek god with Roman hands?

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[dr_lew]

“Hey, help me up would ya?”

[Cheapskate]

WELL WELL WELL! How ya doing these days?

[namvolunteer]

Rimshot!

[Carbonsteel]

"And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months. 11And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon." Rev 9:10

[BunnySlippers]

Amazing! Are those Smurfs?

[Prospero]

We are never very far from history.

[wardaddy]

It would look cool on my back deck

Wonder what they are asking..

[PIF]

Or it is from a now drowned ancient Greek city - seems there are more than a few such cities being discovered in the Med.