Two Roman period female statue-heads found in attic in Thessaloniki apartment

The Department of Cultural Heritage has launched an investigation

Two marble heads of female statues from the Roman Period were found in an apartment in the center of Thessaloniki, which was recently bought by a 35-year-old man.

Specifically, the owner found the objects carefully hidden in the attic of the apartment as well as a number of relevant documents, which according to the opinion of an archaeologist of the Ephorate of Antiquities of Thessaloniki, fall under the protective provisions of Law 3028/2002 “On the protection and Cultural Heritage in general “.

A preliminary investigation is underway by the Department of Cultural Heritage and Antiquities of the Security Directorate of Thessaloniki.

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