August
10
/ 2023
An excavation campaign in the historic Valley of Temples (Agrigento) in Sicily has stumbled upon a huge votive deposit consisting of 60 terracotta statuettes, protomes and female busts, fragments of bronze mixed with a large number of bones, lamps and small vases. The findings have helped shed light on the destruction of Akragas of 406 BC by the Carthaginians, forcing the inhabitants to flee in exodus towards the city of Gela. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"110909","attributes":{"alt":"60 terracotta statuettes have been found the Valley of Temples in Sicily. Among them are female busts, small lamps and jars. (Sicilian Regional Institutional Portal)","class":"media-image","height":"464","style":"width: 610px; height: 464px;","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"610"}}]] 60 terracotta statuettes have been found the Valley of Temples in Sicily. Among them are female busts, small lamps and jars
