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The statue was found in several stages over a number of years: most of the torso in 1987, and the head in 1988. Unexpectedly, parts of the legs were then found in 1990, some thirty feet away from where the upper body parts had been. A thorough and careful water-sieving of six tons of soil from the
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that is thought to have taken place around 1450 BC, when the city of
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site then produced hundreds of further fragments, including most of the feet, the eyes, and part of an ear. Piecing all these together took a further four years. Parts of a gold kilt and an ivory dagger
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where Zeus grew up. The "young god" may have been a "vegetable god" who died in the winter and was reborn in the spring each year, perhaps associated with the
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MacGillivray J.A., Sackett L.H., Driessen J.M. et al., "The
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with rock-crystal eyes and ivory details. Where the carved surface survives relatively well, the carving is extremely detailed, showing the veins and
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were also found, but are not included in the reconstructed figure. Fragments of what is thought to have been a wooden base, painted with
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of the hands and feet. The face is completely missing, but the elaborate stone hairstyle, with "a shaved scalp and
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