Jul 30 - Warrior king statue discovered in ancient Mediterranean city

A newly discovered statue of a curly haired man gripping a spear and a sheath of wheat once guarded the upper citadel of an ancient kingdom's capital.
The enormous sculpture, which is intact from about the waist up, stands almost 5 feet (1.5 meters) tall, suggesting that its full height with legs would have been between 11 and 13 feet (3.5 to 4 m). Alongside the statue, archaeologists found another carving, a semicircular column base bearing the images of a sphinx and a winged bull.
The pieces date back to about 1000 B.C. to 738 B.C. and belong to the Neo-Hittite Kingdom of Patina in what is now southeastern Turkey.

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Id like to hear more about this.

BTW i thought someone put a sweatband around his head til i realized what it really was lol

propps, need more history in this section

[pic]That's pretty cool!

[pic] i would like to know about this like a documentary once they find more info [pic]

I like these types of findings. We need more info like this on Boxden.

that siht is crazy

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Interesting!!!!

all he's missing is a fork.. jk

yh, I'd like to know more of the history too.. Around 1000 BC?
[pic] interesting..

So would I, and so did I, lol

what's the ancients fixation with Mushrooms?
i'm beginning to see alot of !! in this shape

Shrooms, the enlightenment of humanity & the universe lies within it.

Hittites

Norhtern enemies of the Ancient Egyptians...Along with the Nubians, they carried out a bitter rivalry with the Egyptians for centuries.

looks like a negus to me

already!!!!!!![pic]

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