The statue, believed to be from the Hellenistic period, is currently being held by authorities for forensic testing. Discoveries of ancient artifacts are relatively common in Greece, often ...

Authorities also released a photo of the statue, which measures 32 by 10 inches. Police in Greece said an ancient statue was dumped near garbage cans in the city of Thessaloniki. Greek Police ...

Greek mythology is full of unknown gods remaining in the shadows of the well-known Zeus, Ares, or the patroness of hunting, ...

A 2,000-year-old Greek statue. : Greek Police According to the authorities, the statue is from the Hellenistic period, which covers between 323 B.C. and 30 B.C.

In ancient Greece and Rome, statues not only looked beautiful—they smelled good, too. That’s the conclusion of a new study published this month in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology. Cecilie ...

For centuries, the stark white marble statues of ancient Greece and Rome have stood as timeless symbols of classical beauty. But these sculptures, now frozen in monochrome, looked dramatically ...

A version of this article appears in print on Jan. 31, 2025, Section C, Page 3 of the New York edition with the headline: Ancient Headless Statue Found in Trash.