A late-archaic stone head has
been found in the Temple of Athena at the ancient Greek site of
Paestum near Salerno, archaeologists said Thursday.
It appears to have been made out of the same material that
some of the decorative elements of the temple were made out of,
they said.
Paestum was a major ancient Greek city on the coast of the
Tyrrhenian Sea in Magna Graecia, southern Italy.
The ruins of Paestum are famous for their three ancient Greek
temples in the Doric order, dating from about 600 to 450 BC,
which are in a very good state of preservation.
The city walls and amphitheatre are largely intact, and the
bottom of the walls of many other structures remain, as well as
paved roads.
The site is open to the public, and there is a modern
national museum within it, which also contains the finds from
the associated Greek site of Foce del Sele.
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