Monday, December 10, 2012

Stolen Sphinx found in Italy- Amanda Cervantes

Italian police have recovered a stolen granite statue that was found with many other stolen artifacts that is believed to have been taken from an Etruscan cemetery. the two thousand year old statue is believed to have been imported to Rome in the first century BC when the Roman empire had come to power and had conquered Egypt. The stolen statue was most likely going to be taken out of the country.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20627391

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