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Cycladic figurine, c. 2500 BC (1 of 13)

Cycladic figurine, c. 2500 BC

Long before the Greeks made the sculptures and pottery for which they're justly famous, they were making these evocative and mysterious marble figurines. Traces of paint show they were once much more colorful. 06/11/09

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