Archaeologists excavate ancient workshop with unfinished sculptures on Greek island

Archaeologists of late excavated an ancient workshop in Greece revealing a trove of unfinished projects and other curiosities The project was disclosed by Greece's Ministry of Heritage in a Facebook post in May In a report translated from Greek to English authorities announced the excavation took place at the Floga archaeological site which is on the Greek island of Paros Though the workshop didn't come as a surprise to functionaries archaeologists have been studying the site since the mid- s excavators uncovered numerous intriguing finds during the latest dig EXPERTS SHOCKED BY ANCIENT KING ARTHUR MANUSCRIPT UNCOVERED TUCKED INSIDE BOOK 'SURVIVED THE CENTURIES'Specifically the scrutiny brought new architectural remains to light plus various eating vessels and storage items Several of the architectural remains are founded on earlier constructions documenting the site's continuous use over time the announcement revealed The latest remains are connected to earlier phases dating from the late th to the th century BC The press release added The movable finds from the earlier installation fragments of vessels mainly tableware for eating and drinking and fewer utilitarian or storage items document the residential use of the site during the Classical period Archaeologists also uncovered new rooms at the complex noting the walls were preserved at an impressive height ANCIENT JEWISH RITUAL BATH OLDEST OF ITS KIND IN EUROPE UNCOVERED BY ARCHAEOLOGISTSThe of late uncovered artifacts at the site included unfinished marble sculptures clay stamps and various fragments of pottery The movable finds are of exceptional interest including semi-finished marble sculptures mainly of Aphrodite clay heads of female figures as well as clay molds and stamps while a very large quantity of pottery was collected the announcement reported For more Lifestyle articles visit foxnews com lifestyleBased on their observations archaeologists exposed that the site was reorganized at the end of the third century B C serving as both a residential space and a sculpture workshop The discovery of a room with a pebble floor and sections of wall painting imitating marble slabs identified as an andron men's room reinforces this interpretation the comment stated CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER However the extensive layer of marble chips deposited in the courtyard covering the earlier phases and the large number of semi-finished sculptures document the additional use of the site as a sculpture workshop Ancient Greek discoveries are of high interest to archaeologists Earlier this spring a German university declared that the lecture hall of an impressive high school from an Ancient Greek settlement was uncovered Last summer divers searched a -year-old shipwreck in the Aegean Sea and uncovered around historical objects