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Magna Graecia – Part 3: Hellenism cast in bronze

Summary by Greek Herald
By Dr Themistocles Kritikakos (Historian) In 1972, off the coast near Riace in Calabria, the ‘toe’ of Italy’s boot-shaped peninsula, amateur scuba diver Stefano Mariottini made an extraordinary discovery. While diving 200 metres from the shore at a depth of eight metres, he noticed what appeared to be a human arm protruding from the seabed. Initially fearing it was a dead body, he touched the hand and realised it was a bronze sculpture. After no…
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Greek Herald broke the news in on Friday, July 4, 2025.
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