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Name MUGShots Week8 1 13Errors TheRiaceBronzes Riace(ree-AH-chee)isasmalltowninCalabria,aMountainousregionofSouthernItaly.On august161972,Riacemetfamewhenavacationingromanmadeanamazingdiscoverywhileswimming offthecoastnearby.Theswimmerstefanomariottiniwasexloringunderwaterwhenheseesalife-size armpokingupfromthefloorofioniansea. 2 7Errors HeknewrightawaywhatitwasMariottinireportshisdiscoverytotheathoriteesinCalabria.Fourdays laterdiversliftedtwoenormousstatue’soutofthesea.Afterthestatueswerecleanedthemystery suroundingthemsurfaced. 3 10Errors ThestatuesturnedouttobefromancientgreektimesHowdidtheyendupburiedinthesandy seafloornearItaly.PerhapsseafarerstossedtheyoverboredtolightenashipsloadduringastormThis certainlywouldvelightenedtheload,becauseeachstatueweighsabout550pounds(250kilograms. 4 15Errors Anotherexplenationisashipwreck.Excavationsoftheareawheremariottinifoundthestatues revealedthekeelofaoldRomanshiphowever,thereisntnoevidencetoconnectthisshiptothe statues.Still,itispossiblethatthiefstookthestatuesduringtheromanoccupationofgreece.Andwere ontheirwaytoromewhenthemlostthetreasure. 5 9Errors Thestatuesthemselvesareasremarkibleasthemysterybehindtheirlocation.Butfirst,2,000 year’sworthofcrustyseaformationshadtoberemovedbeforetheartistryofthestatueswerevisable. Itsatimeconsuminglaboriousprocesstoremovesuchextensivedibree.Ofmajorconcernispreserving thestatuesthruouttheprocess.
