STONE SCULPTURE SHOW

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This year's edition of Stone fair will include a stone sculpture show during which works made at the…

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The 5th edition of the International Maritime Congress was held on 8–9 June in Szczecin. The congress serves…

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STUDENTS RESTORED THE 17TH-CENTURY GRAVESTONE

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MARBLE STATUETTE OF A DOLPHIN FOUND IN ISRAEL

delfinThis unusual finding took place during archaeological excavations near Kibbutz Magen in the west part of the Negev Desert (in the south of Israel). This area is situated in Israel's south district and borders the Gaza Strip.

A marble statuette shows a dolphin in a vertical position with its head down. A stone-hewn animal keeps a fish in its mouth. This ancient work of art may have been a part of a larger sculpture, possibly a life-size sculpture of a Greek god. Unfortunately, the sculpture misses its tail part which was cut off. According to the experts, the statuette is about 2000 years old and dates to the Roman times. Later it was incorporated into a Byzantine-era paved floor alongside other architectural elements. As one hypothesis says, a stone dolphin was a part of the statue of Aphrodite or Poseidon, who were frequently depicted along with dolphins.  

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