Obtained a collection of antiquities in the Greek sea

Piece of bronze statue of a horse rider.( Photo: AP )

A Greek fisherman obtained a net of a statue of a knight riding a horse and a mound of two straps, treasures from ancient Greece preserved for two millennia in the Aegean Sea.

The nets discovered by men on the island of Kalymnos last week were taken to archaeologists. Greek. It is included in the program of restoring and preserving international artifacts, often awarded to those who discover and return artifacts a reward worth 10% of the value of objects.

The discovery consists of a nearly intact two-piece mound and pieces of a bronze statue, of which the largest is a 95-centimeter-piece body piece of a rider. Hellenistic antiquities of ancient Greece, beginning from the dynasty of Alexander the Great in the 4th century BC and ending 3 centuries later.

A Kalymnos fisherman also obtained an invaluable net in 1994 when he discovered a bronze statue called " Lady of Kalymnos ".

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