Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Greek statue

  • Greek police recovered an ancient statue that was illegally excavated and hidden in a goat pen near Athens, and arrested the goat herder and another man who were allegedly trying to sell the work for (EURO)500,000 ($667,000).
  • (San Francisco Gate)
  • ATHENS- Greek police recovered an ancient statue that was illegally excavated and hidden in a goat pen near Athens, and arrested the goat herder and another man who were allegedly trying to sell the work for €500,000 ($667,000).
  • (Toronto Star)
  • ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Greek police say they have recovered an illegally excavated 2,500-year old statue hidden in a goat-pen on the outskirts of Athens.
  • (Straits Times)
  • Athens. Greek police arrested two men after they allegedly tried to sell a 1,500-year-old statue for 500,000 euros, officials said Wednesday, describing the nearly intact find as priceless, AFP reports. The 1.2-metre (3.
  • (Focus Infomation)
  • BOSTON — A marble statue of the goddess Juno descended from on high Tuesday. The 13,000-pound sculpture was raised 80 feet in the air by a crane and then eased in to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston through a skylight.
  • (WBUR)
  • A carer from London says she has ditched men for good – after falling in love with a statue. The object of her affection is a three-foot moulding of the Greek God Adonis that she bought for £395.
  • (Daily Mail)
  • BAGHDAD — Yasir Abdul-Hakim, a sculpture student at Iraqs Fine Arts Academy, wanted to learn his craft by making copies of a nude Greek statue. A professor told him to cover them with clothes.
  • (msnbc.com)
  • She said: I would never marry him, only because I couldnt be faithful. And she told how one day she hoped to travel to Florence to meet her dream man, Michelangelos statue of David.
  • (The Sun)
  • The Sun told yesterday how 40-year-old carer Reighner Deleighnie is in a relationship with a 3ft statue of the Greek god of desire Adonis, who she calls Hans.
  • (The Sun)
  • The cows, along with a statue of the Greek goddess of the harvest, Demeter, have been around since 1987. One cow, Elmer, sits at the entrance to the agriculture departments headquarters and the other, Elsie, at the exit.
  • (Capital Press (subscription))

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