Comments on: Ancient History Competition

By: constantinakatsari

constantinakatsari — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 06:58:39 +0000

The head is not a fake but it does not belong to the statue

By: Norberto

Norberto — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:22:16 +0000

Also impressed by the beard in this kouros statue. is the head a fake?

By: Norberto

Norberto — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:19:09 +0000

I was quite impressed by the hair style. Does anyone have any parallels?

By: scotth

scotth — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:08:06 +0000

Digging in Google image search for statuary in museums with various terms that seemed reasonable quickly led me to believe it was a Kouros representation. It came together pretty fast after that.

By: constantinakatsari

constantinakatsari — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:00:07 +0000

Scotth,
how did you use the search engines to find it. You just had the picture!

By: scotth

scotth — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:55:43 +0000

I’m just really good with search engines…

By: constantinakatsari

constantinakatsari — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:53:05 +0000

Scotth,
you are the winner of this competition! You gave the closest possible answer and I salute you! Are you an archaeologist? Do I know you? Have you been to the Acropolis museum?

By: bmictp

bmictp — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:46:59 +0000

I would have suggested Etruscan too, but since it’s not, I’ll suggest Mycenaean?

It’s a guess.

By: scotth

scotth — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:29:42 +0000

Ok, it is the “The Rampin Horseman” 560-550BC. Statue of Kouros/Apollo

I am not sure if this is the head with fake body in the Louvre or the body with fake head in the Acropolis Museum.

By: scotth

scotth — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:18:22 +0000

Kouros’ Head to horse, Acropolis’ museum