Greek fisherman nets 2,200-year-old bronze statue

Summary

March 23, 2009: A Greek fisherman has found a 2,200 year old bronze statue of a horseman in his net. The statue was recovered in the Aegean Sea between the Greek islands of Kos and Kalymnos.

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Game and Story Use

• An ancient, malevolent spirit could be imprisoned in the statue, which could be released during the restorative work on it.
• Poseidon was the Greek god who created horses. And he was god of the sea. Is there a connection? If there isn't, can we make one up anyway?
• Probably from a shipwreck or cargo lost or jettisoned to avoid one … of course if it isn't, where did it come from?
  • An offering to one of the sea gods - quite possibly Poseidon - would be likely.
  • A sunken city would be far more dramatic.
    • for those that like to interpret the Great Flood as the sea breaking into a previously dry Mediterranean basin at the end of the last ice-age, that statue could be a lot older.
  • Deep ones fly tipping their trash.