Discovered the statue of the goddess Hera

Greek archaeologists on March 1 announced they have found a 2,200-year-old statue of Hera god built in the wall of a city at the foot of Mount Olympus, home to the gods in Greek voice. This marble headless statue was discovered last year during the excavation of the ruins of the ancient city of Dion, located 53 km southwest of Thessaloniki.

Archaeologist Dimitris Pantermalis said the first Christian inhabitants of the village of Dion used statues as large as real people to make defensive walls for the village.

This statue dating back to the 2nd century BC seems to have been placed at the temple of the God of Fall (Zeus), the god of the gods. The statue of Zeus is also found in the ruins of a house in 2003.

Pantermalis, who had more than 30 years of leading excavations in Dion, said: 'We can confirm that the statue of Hera is placed close to the statue of Zeus in that temple. "

According to Greek mythology, Hera is the suffering wife of Zeus, the famous god of addiction, both human and divine.

Pantermalis explains: ' The statue is an image of a woman sitting on the throne and made of thick marble similar to the stone of the statue of Zeus. It has the same manipulation technique and size, which allows us to think that these two statues are connected. '

Pantermalis said that if this were true, this was the first time in history that two different gods were placed in the same temple in Greece. He further added that the statue of Athena, the goddess of wisdom, was also placed in the same temple as Zeus and he hoped that he would find it in future excavations.

The photo was provided by archaeologists on Monday
this year March 1, 2007. This statue is dated
2nd century (Photo AP)

Dion is a major religious center of the Macedonian people. This was the place where Alexander the Great had celebrated sacrifices before conducting a campaign against the Persian Empire in the 4th century BC.

Excavations have so far uncovered temples, theaters and arenas, walls, hotels, public bath houses, roads with a complex drainage system as well as many statues. .

This region had its first inhabitants in the Iron Age and existed until the beginning of the era of the era where it was the bishop's residence.

Pantermalis introduced the statue on March 2, during a 3-day archaeological conference held in Thessaloniki City on the 1st to 3rd.

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