Giant Marble Statue Unearthed In Turkey!!!

Giant Marble Statue Found In Turkey!!!

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Parts of a giant, exquisitely-carved marble sculpture depicting the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius have been found at an archaeological site in Turkey.

Fragments of the statue were unearthed at the ancient city of Sagalassos.

So far the statue's head, right arm and lower legs have been discovered, high in the mountains of southern Turkey.

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[edit on 8/26/2008 by ZyPHeR]

If it took them this long to find a statue such as this, I still hold hopes that we can find some of the original wonders of the world, such as the Statue of Zeus at Olympia

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And the Colossus of Rhodes

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Even though stories say it was broken apart.

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I had the same thoughts when this was found, earth still has it;s many secrets

[edit on 26-8-2008 by monkeybus]

hmm at first I thought the globe the statue was holding was significant, but I didnt realize how many philosopher's believed the earth was a globe by 400AD



According to Wikipedia:

The idea of a flat Earth is that the surface of the Earth is flat (a plane), rather than the view that it is a very close approximation of the surface of a sphere. This was a common belief until the Classical Greeks began to discuss the Earth's shape about the 4th century BC.

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