Entering the temple, ancient worshipers passed under several sets of watchful marble eyes.
The stone statues once gazed across a bustling settlement.
Millennia later, the fragmented figures are the last occupants on an uninhabited Greek island.
The Mantra archaeological site is located along the coast of Despotiko island, the Greek Ministry of Culture and Sports said in an Aug. 21 news release.
Excavations at the site began in 2001 and have uncovered ruins dating from the Iron Age to the eighth century A.D.
The historical monastery of Saint Loukas is burning (video-photos)
While excavating near a ruined temple for the god Apollo, archaeologists found several walls that likely formed an entrance hall.
Amid the rubble, they found several parts of a statue, the release said.
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