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Saturday, May 14, 2011

PhotoHunt - Missing/Missed

Spotted these female statues with missing head and limbs at the Library of Celsus in Ephesus. These statues were replicas and the originals were taken to the Vienna museum when the library was being excavated.

Here are three of them:


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This one representing knowledge (Episteme).


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Statue of Arete (virtue)


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And this one symbolizing Sophia, the Goddess of wisdom

Blogger was down for over the last 24 hours and as a result, my previous posts and comments went missing. However my posts seemed to have been recovered this morning but a number of comments were still missing. I hope the problems will be resolved soon and I want to thank those who left comments, they are much appreciated.

PhotoHunt
Posted by LifeRamblings at 10:40 AM

26 comments:

  1. LizSaturday, May 14, 2011 10:45:00 AM

    Beautiful shots. Have a fabulous weekend!

    Liz @ MLC

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  2. AnonymousSaturday, May 14, 2011 11:46:00 AM

    The irony of the goddess of knowledge missing her head...

    Mine is up.

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  3. GeorgeSaturday, May 14, 2011 11:49:00 AM

    This is a wonderful post for this theme. Well done!

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  4. YTSLSaturday, May 14, 2011 12:06:00 PM

    Blogger's back -- for the most part. *Phew* So glad to be able to post on my blog... and to be able to see posts like yours elsewhere again! :)

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  5. eastcoastlifeSaturday, May 14, 2011 12:54:00 PM

    Lucky I didn't publish my post yesterday. :P

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  6. eastcoastlifeSaturday, May 14, 2011 12:54:00 PM

    hmmmm..... wonder what happened to the head?

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  7. Windsmoke.Saturday, May 14, 2011 1:16:00 PM

    Very strange that Episteme representing knowledge is missing her head the very body part that stores knowledge :-).

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  8. magdaSaturday, May 14, 2011 2:55:00 PM

    My dear friend
    Many thanks for so beautiful photos!!!
    It moves me, why all this was Greek...
    Many greetings

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  9. ZooropaSaturday, May 14, 2011 3:10:00 PM

    They are funny statues :-)

    Dora

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  10. jams o donnellSaturday, May 14, 2011 4:20:00 PM

    Excellent take on the theme. It is ironic that Episteme has no head given her area of interest! Have a great weekend

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  11. HelpXtraSaturday, May 14, 2011 5:00:00 PM

    Great shots and it looks like that is beautiful architecture.

    After all the horror stories i've heard recently about Blogger, i'm glad I moved to the much more reliable Wordpress, long ago.

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  12. PatSaturday, May 14, 2011 5:14:00 PM

    Impressive statuts!!

    Happy Weekend.

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  13. stanSaturday, May 14, 2011 6:03:00 PM

    She looks queer and funny headless. No disrespect of course! Happy weekend!

    Help VOTE for my PHOTO ENTRY

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  14. AnonymousSaturday, May 14, 2011 7:54:00 PM

    Great shots - one has to wonder in which museum those missing heads are sitting . . .

    Have a great weekend.

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  15. Susan DemeterSaturday, May 14, 2011 9:05:00 PM

    These are great shots! Since they are copies I wonder if the originals are missing their limbs too?

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  16. LifeRamblingsSaturday, May 14, 2011 10:41:00 PM

    Dear friends,
    The statue was found headless when originally excavated, and i think its head might have been possibly lopped off during ancient times. :S According to my research, original statues were taken to the Ephesus Museum in Vienna in 1910 and they were later restored by experts.

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  17. AnnieSaturday, May 14, 2011 10:51:00 PM

    These are so beautiful. I'm glad that Blogger came back so that you didn't have to miss this week's hunt. Have a nice weekend!

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  18. AnonymousSaturday, May 14, 2011 11:27:00 PM

    Seems like heads and arms are always the first things to go.

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  19. TekkausSunday, May 15, 2011 12:53:00 AM

    Haha :D It's funny that you actually spotted all those missing limbs, head etc.

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  20. SebabSunday, May 15, 2011 3:27:00 AM

    Beautiful pictures!

    I was frustrated with the Blogger mess too. My disappeared posts came back with no comments and I didnt do any blog walking for few days. I am back now :D

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  21. SandyCarlsonSunday, May 15, 2011 8:16:00 AM

    Amazing figures, to be sure. The missing head reminds me how vulnerable we are. Incredible images. Thanks.

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  22. carlotaSunday, May 15, 2011 12:31:00 PM

    Great fotos! Happy weekend!

    http://www.carlotaonline.com/2011/05/photohunt-missedmissing.html

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  23. MariucaSunday, May 15, 2011 2:38:00 PM

    Hi LR! Happy Sunday!

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  24. MariucaSunday, May 15, 2011 2:38:00 PM

    Oh no missing heads? Nice shots sweetie!

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  25. MariucaSunday, May 15, 2011 2:39:00 PM

    Yeah, Blogger was down for 2 days actually grrrr, but only my last post was affected... I doubt we'd get back our comments though.. :(

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  26. MariucaSunday, May 15, 2011 2:39:00 PM

    Hope you're having fun, I am already looking forward to the public holiday on Tues yay! :)

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