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Greek Goddess Statue Found At Illegal Excavation in Turkey
Greek Reporter ^
| April 17, 2014
| Iro-Anna Mamakouka
Posted on 04/21/2014 10:17:30 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
A statue, believed to be the ancient Greek goddess Demeter, has been unearthed at an illegal excavation in Simav, western Turkey. The statue, weighing in at 610kg and standing 2.8 meters tall, was discovered by two Turks, Ramazan C. And Ismail G, 26 and 62 years old respectively, who are alleged to have been conducting illegal excavations in the wider area where the statue was found. The two men were taken into custody by the Turkish police and sent to court.
The head of the statue and the altar, missing during the raid, were later found in a house in the city centre.
In Greek mythology, Demeter, one of Zeus’ sisters, so the story goes, was the goddess of agriculture, nature, abundance and seasons, and mother of Persephone, wife of Hades.
(Excerpt) Read more at eu.greekreporter.com ...
TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: demeter; godsgravesglyphs; greece; simav; turkey
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Demeter
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posted on
04/21/2014 10:17:30 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...
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posted on
04/21/2014 10:18:18 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
Demeter or Defoot?
You say Demeter I say Demater
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posted on
04/21/2014 10:22:45 AM PDT
by
GeronL
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To: SunkenCiv
It’s in remarkable condition.
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posted on
04/21/2014 10:24:09 AM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: trisham
It’s in remarkable condition. Obviously she kept her nose to the grindstone.
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posted on
04/21/2014 10:26:47 AM PDT
by
Mastador1
(I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
To: Mastador1
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posted on
04/21/2014 10:28:27 AM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
04/21/2014 10:29:07 AM PDT
by
VanDeKoik
To: GeronL
Demeter, Demater, Hasenpfeffer Incorporated...
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posted on
04/21/2014 10:29:19 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: trisham
This is a file photo I think, there’s reference in the article to having to go back and retrieve the head. But the statue in this photo is in remarkably good shape.
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posted on
04/21/2014 10:29:52 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
04/21/2014 10:30:28 AM PDT
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trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: VanDeKoik
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posted on
04/21/2014 10:30:43 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: Mastador1; Charles Henrickson; Daffynition; martin_fierro
Obviously she kept her nose to the grindstone. LOL, uh oh. :)
(BTW, whoa, look at those eyes.)
Everybody must get stoned...
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posted on
04/21/2014 10:32:23 AM PDT
by
Ezekiel
(All who mourn the destruction of America merit the celebration of her rebirth.)
To: SunkenCiv
“I went to the museum where they had all the heads and arms from the statues that are in all the other museums.” — Steven Wright
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posted on
04/21/2014 10:33:16 AM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: SunkenCiv
That would explain the crack at the neckline from one side to the other.
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posted on
04/21/2014 10:34:29 AM PDT
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: SunkenCiv
Must have been a violent civilization to have had so many people missing limbs.
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posted on
04/21/2014 10:34:38 AM PDT
by
Rebelbase
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To: Ezekiel
(BTW, whoa, look at those eyes.) Everybody must get stoned...
She gave her right arm for some of the good stuff!
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posted on
04/21/2014 10:36:42 AM PDT
by
Mastador1
(I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
04/21/2014 10:38:45 AM PDT
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GeronL
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To: SunkenCiv
A statue, believed to be the ancient Greek goddess Demeter,
Unless the greeks worshiped statues, cute as she is, should read, a statue, believed to be of the ancient Greek goddess Demeter,
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posted on
04/21/2014 10:39:29 AM PDT
by
dblshot
(I am John Galt.)
To: Ezekiel
She moved to Colorado after Olympia closed.
To: Mastador1; Resolute Conservative
She gave her right arm for some of the good stuff! That's how they knew she's wasn't Venus...
Milo Venus was a beautiful lass
She had the world in the palm of her hand
But she lost both her arms in a wrestling match
To meet a brown eyed handsome man
She fought and won herself a brown eyed handsome man.
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posted on
04/21/2014 10:53:42 AM PDT
by
Ezekiel
(All who mourn the destruction of America merit the celebration of her rebirth.)
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