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  • Intact Roman Sculptures Unearthed in Israel

    06/20/2026 10:56:42 AM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 13 replies
    Archaeology Magazine ^ | June 16, 2026 | editors / unattributed
    Haaretz reports that two 1,700-year-old marble busts have been discovered in a wine-collection pit at a winepress dated to the Roman and Byzantine periods in northern Israel. One of the busts is inscribed in Greek with the name "Lycurgus," perhaps referring to the legendary founder of Sparta, or a statesman and orator who lived in Athens in the fourth century B.C. Archaeologists Eliran Oren and Michael Solotskin of the Israel Antiquities Authority said that sculptures may have been buried in the pit to hide them during an invasion. "In the Roman period, statues of this kind were displayed both in...