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Thursday, March 26, 2015

Why are Greek statues always NAKED? The extraordinary answer's laid bare in magnificent

About two-and-a-half thousand years ago, a cultural miracle took place in ancient Greece. Democracy was born in Athens, the first great tragedies and comedies were written — and statues were carved that were more astonishingly lifelike than ever before.


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