Mezcala Stone-Marble Standing Figure, 300 BCE - 300 CE
Stone/Marble
5.75
PF.0528
Crafted from the palest green stone, this magnificent figure bears an amazing resemblance to Cycladic idols carved thousands of years earlier and half a world away. Is it coincidence, or...
Crafted from the palest green stone, this magnificent figure bears an amazing resemblance to Cycladic idols carved thousands of years earlier and half a world away. Is it coincidence, or could there be a connection between Ancient Greece and the New World? Perhaps Atlantis was more than a myth. Who can say where the survivors might have scattered, what images might have remained in their collective memory?
Literature
V2