The Riace Bronzes or Riace Warriors, found off the coast of Calabria in 1972, are incredible. Sculpted of bronze in the mid-5th century BCE, probably in Greece, they are thought to be part of a cargo from a sunken ship. After years of conservation, the two statues are housed at the National Museum of Magna Grecia in Reggio Calabria.
Each life-sized bronze figure would have held a weapon in their right hand and have worn a shield on their left forearm.
Athena Parthenos, Roman Copy (1st-2nd C. CE), Louvre, Paris, France
Part of the Louvre’s antiquities collection, Athena Parthenos, also called Athena of the Necklace, is a Roman copy after the original which stood in the Parthenon in Athens. The statue dates to the 1st-2nd century CE and is made of parian and pentelic marble. The original statue by Phidias, dated 438 BCE, was a 36-foot colossus constructed of a wooden frame sheathed in ivory and gold. It stood inside the Parthenon in Athens. Athena, the daughter of Zeus, was the Greek goddess of wisdom, war and crafts. The Parthenon was built in her honor.
Grand staircase, Winged Victory of Samothrace, Louvre, Paris, France
Grand staircase to the Winged Victory of Samothrace, Louvre, Paris, France.
The New 3 Rs: Retire, Recharge, Reconnect 