Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Neo-hittite Find in Eastern Turkey


Excavators at the site of Patina, in eastern Turkey, have found the remnant of an enormous statue dating to the Neo-Hittite Period (1000 - 738 B. C.). The statue may have originally stood eleven to thirteen feet high and probably represented a Neo-Hittite King.

For more details and a photo, click on this link:

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/07/31/warrior-king-statue-discovered-in-ancient-mediterranean-city/?intcmp=features#ixzz22FS8ofOj

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