ANCIENT SARCOPHAGUS
FOUND IN GREECE
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[ March 27th 2006 ]
Construction
workers building near the village of Kouklia in
Western Cyprus have unearthed a tomb containing
a 2,500-year-old sarcophagus with vivid color
illustrations from Homer's epics, Associated
Press reports. The tomb, which probably belonged
to an ancient warrior, had been looted during
antiquity.
"The
style of the decoration is unique, not so much
from an artistic point of view, but for the subject
and the colors used," said Pavlos Flourentzos,
director of the island's antiquities department.
According
to Associates Press, only two similar sarcophagi
have ever been discovered in Cyprus before. One
is housed in New York's Metropolitan
Museum of Art and the other in the British
Museum in London, but their colors are more
faded, Flourentzos said.
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