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The famous armless statue of Venus or Aphrodite was first discovered in CE times (in 1820 CE) in what ancient city ruin?

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The famous armless statue of Venus or Aphrodite was first discovered in CE times (in 1820 CE) in what ancient city ruin?
posted Aug 20, 2015 by Udita

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The Venus de Milo was unearthed on the Greek island of Melos (Milos), one of the southwestern Cyclades group. It was found in a field by a young farmer called Yorgos Kentrotas, buried in a wall niche within the ruins of the ancient city of Milos. The stone sculpture was in two main pieces: (1) the upper torso, and (2) the legs, covered in drapery. Several other sculptural fragments were discovered close by, including a separate left arm (and hand) holding an apple, and an inscribed plinth with a clear reference to a sculptor called "...sandros from Anchiochia on the Meander"

answer Oct 9, 2015 by Abhinav Gangwar
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