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See the Stunning Ancient Roman Statue of Athena That’s Going on View for the First Time in Nearly 260 Years
After spending centuries on a British aristocrat's estate in North Yorkshire, the marble masterpiece will be unveiled in ...
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Ancient Roman Statue of Athena Emerges After Nearly 300 Years in Hiding
An ancient Roman statue of Athena, unseen for almost three centuries, resurfaces in Chicago after an acquisition by Halsted A ...
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Stunning Mosaic and Tomb Discovered in Ancient Greek City of Assos in Turkey
Archaeologists in the ancient Greek city of Assos have discovered a 2,200-year-old Hellenistic mosaic and a 1,800-year-old ...
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Ancient Statue of Goddess Athena Reemerges After Three Centuries
A Roman statue of the Greek goddess Athena reemerged in Chicago after almost three centuries after it was acquired from a ...
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A Roman Statue of Athena Is Unveiled at Wrightwood 659 Ahead of ‘Myth and Marble’ at the Art Institute of Chicago
The statue, now known as the Halsted Athena, portrays the goddess wearing a warrior’s helmet, her hand extended outward as if ...
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10 Myths About the Greek Goddess Athena
she plays an important role in Greek heroic tradition and features heavily in the 7th-century epics the Iliad and the Odyssey. Athena was also one of three virgin goddesses, the other two being ...