Ancient statues, graves unearthed in Greek field

Greece's Culture Ministry says a Greek farmer's recent discovery of a fragment of an ancient statue while tilling his field has yielded three more statues and several graves in the past month.

Credit: Greek Ministry of Culture

Archaeologists have been busy since mid-October, digging part of a field near the central Greek town of Atalanti, 150 kilometres northwest of Athens.

Credit: Greek Ministry of Culture

The dig began after the farmer found the torso of an ancient kouros (young man) and immediately alerted the authorities.

Credit: Greek Ministry of Culture

The ministry said Saturday that a total of four large fragments of life-size limestone statues of young men have been found, along with a triangular statue base.

Deeper down, seven graves with several unspecified findings have been unearthed, likely part of a larger cemetery.

Source: The Associated Press [November 03, 2018]