Arms of Venus de Milo Found in Greek Field
Broken sections of a marble statue were discovered on the Aegean island of Melos by Kostas Ephialtes a farmer plowing his wheat field. The five distinct pieces form two arms, with the right holding a shield; the other holds a mirror. The farmer immediately contacted authorities, astounded by what he was sure he had found: the arms of the famous Venus de Milo. After a preliminary examination, experts are all but certain that the arm fragments match. The Venus de Milo was sculpted in the 2nd Century BC as a depiction of the Greek goddess of love, Aphrodite. She was lost to the world for centuries before she was unearthed and became possibly the most famous statue in the world. The main body of the statue was discovered by another farmer on Melos, named Yorgos. It was 1820, and at that time, the island was under Turkish occupation. He found the statue and decided that her beauty was too great to give to the authorities, as was the law, so he hid her in his barn. Soon the authorities disc...