A STUPENDOUSLY SENSATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIND UNEARTHED
The temple which the archaeologists explored had in fact been used as a place of worship from the fifteenth century B.C. until Roman Times. In the most sacred inner room of this building, clay fragments of no less than fifteen statues were found. Each of these represented a goddess and had, at one time, been painted. The body of one statue was among these remains dating from the fifteenth century B.C. Its missing head, however, happened to be discovered among the remains of fifth century B.C. We may, at this very point, justifiably indulge in some speculation: This head must have been found in the Classical period and carefully preserved. It was very old and precious even then.
When the archaeologists reconstructed the fragments, they were greatly surprised to find that the goddess turned out to be a very modern-looking woman, in that she stood over six feet high and her hands defiantly rested on her hips. She was wearing a gorgeous, full-length skirt that swept the ground. To make a brief story of it all, she was very graceful indeed despite her great age. So far, however, the archaeologists have been unable to establish her real identity.
Adapted from L.G. ALEXANDER'S Question and Answer.
The temple which the archaeologists explored