A historic marble statue of a woman has been found discarded in a rubbish bag by a local resident near Thessaloniki, Greece.

The discovery of a 2000-year-old headless statue from the Hellenistic period has prompted Greek police to investigate.

Greek authorities investigating the statue's mysterious appearance say it dates back to the Hellenistic period between 323 B.C. and 31 B.C.

Greece announced a major revamp of the site of Peristeria to highlight the ancient city that flourished more than 35 ...

Estimating the population of Ancient Greece is a complex task due to the lack of accurate historical records and the different time periods.

On the evening of Jan. 18, a 32-year-old Greek man went to the police with an unusual object that he said he had found in a ...

Authorities say the statue dates back to the Hellenistic period and are investigating how it ended up among garbage. It was ...

Police in Greece are investigating the discovery of a 2,000-year-old statue in a black bag near some trash cans in a suburban ...

Ancient statues have also been found in trash before in other parts of Europe. In 2023, a Roman-era statuette of Venus was ...

A statue dating more than 2,000 years was allegedly found in a black bag near garbage bins in a part of the Greek city of Thessaloniki.

Police in Greece said Wednesday they were investigating how an ancient Greek statue came to be dumped in a black plastic bag near dustbins in the northern city of Thessaloniki.