A marble statue of a woman, believed to be more than 2,000 years old, was found abandoned in a garbage bag near the Greek city of Thessaloniki, police said Wednesday. A resident discovered the 80 ...

Greek authorities said in a statement Wednesday. An archaeologist determined that the statue dates back to the Hellenistic period, which lasted from 323 B.C. until 31 B.C., between the death of ...

 2,000-year-old statue was found abandoned in a bag near trash cans, announced the Greek Police on Jan. 22, 2025 ...

Police in Greece said Wednesday they were investigating how an ancient Greek statue came to be dumped in a black plastic bag near garbage cans in the northern city of Thessaloniki. The organized ...

A statue dating back more than 2,000 years was allegedly found in a black bag near garbage bins in a part of the Greek city of Thessaloniki. In a Wednesday, Jan. 22 press release, the Greek Police ...

A 32-year-old Greek national found the statue on Jan. 18 in a black bag near the trash bins. The statue, believed to be from the Hellenistic period, is currently being held by authorities for ...

An archaeologist determined that the statue, which dates to the Hellenistic period between 320 and 30 B.C., was protected under Greek law, and the piece was seized by police specializing in ...

The busts, or portraitures depicting real or ... and was also a theme of the period's sculptural art. Ancient Greek and Roman sculpture has influenced art in many regions of the world.

Archaeologists excavating an ancient Roman sewer last week made a spectacular discovery—a nearly complete marble statue of a Greek god. The statue stands about 6 feet 8 inches tall, and the ...