'Priceless' bronze statue of Greek god Apollo found in Gaza Strip
Lost for centuries, a rare bronze statue of the Greek god Apollo has mysteriously resurfaced in the Gaza Strip, only to be seized by police and vanish almost immediately from view.
Word of the remarkable find has caught the imagination of the world of archaeology, but the police cannot say when the life-sized bronze might re-emerge or where it might be put on display.
A local fisherman says he scooped the 500kg (1,100lb) god from the seabed last August, and carried it home on a donkey cart, unaware of the significance of his catch.
Others soon guessed at its importance, and the statue briefly appeared on eBay with a $500,000 (£300,000) price tag - well below its true value. Police from the Islamist group Hamas, which rules the isolated Palestinian territory, swiftly seized it and say they are investigating the affair.
Archaeologists have not been able to get their hands on the Apollo – to their great frustration- and instead must pore over a few blurred photographs of the intact deity, who is laid out incongruously on a blanket emblazoned with Smurfs.
more: http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/feb/10/priceless-bronze-statue-apollo-gaza-strip
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And he's blue! I guess the smurf towel is fitting, then.
As for the Smurf comment...
and realized that the Smurfs were not part of the statue.
While I'm sure the Greeks knew of a great many kinds of 'other-kin', I seriously doubt they ever met any that were little blue things living in mushrooms, only knowing how to sing that one 'La-La, La-La-La-La' song, and forever being chased by a bungling evil 'spell-user' (calling him a wizard, magician, spell-caster, etc. would be insulting to wizards, magicians, spell-caster, etc.), who either wanted to eat them or turn them to gold (I don't recall what exactly he wanted them for).
Thanks for the link, it was interesting and the Smurfs did make me laugh.
