Among the discoveries is an approximately two-meter-high statue of Aphrodite, depicted sitting on a dolphin alongside the god Eros. This statue dates back to the 2nd century CE and is believed ...

None were more striking than a 6.5-foot-tall statue of Aphrodite (the Greek goddess of love and beauty) sitting atop a base depicting Eros (the Greek god of love and desire) seated on a dolphin.

Police said Wednesday that a marble statue of a woman believed to be more than 2,000 years old was found abandoned in a garbage bag near the Greek city of Thessaloniki. A resident discovered the ...