After discovering the ancient artwork in a suburb of Thessaloniki, Greece, the man surrendered it to the police. Authorities are analyzing the statue and investigating why it was abandoned Sonja ...
THESSALONIKI, Greece (WKRC) - A man seemingly saved a piece of history after he found a statue believed to be over 2,000 years old in a bag next to trash cans. According to a release from the ...
An ancient marble statue of a woman believed to be more than ... A 32-year-old Greek man discovered the artifact in a black bag in the college town of Thessaloniki and turned it in to police ...
CNN reported that authorities launched an investigation to figure out who abandoned the statue. A man was briefly detained for questioning but was later released without charges, added the outlet.
The man who found the statue took it to authorities in Thessaloniki. It was then was examined by an archaeologist with the Ephorate of Antiquities, which handles the conservation, protection and ...
A resident discovered the 80-centimeter (31-inch) headless statue beside a trash bin in Neoi Epivates, outside Greece’s second-largest city. The man turned it over to local authorities ...
The organized crime unit said it was investigating "after a 32-year-old man went to the police to drop off a statue he had apparently found inside a black bag near dustbins." According to the ...