Sep 02 2009
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Germany unveils 2,000-year-old statue of horse’s head
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German archaeologists on Thursday unveiled a bronze and gold horse’s head they said was believed to be a remnant of a 2000-year-old Roman statue.
A team digging at a former Roman town near Waldgirmes in central Germany found the life-sized head along with the foot of a rider on August 12.
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“Experts say the statue dates from around 3 or 4 BC when the Roman outpost near Waldgirmes was set up, and probably depicts the Emperor Augustus.”
