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Paradisiotissa 18-19/6 1930.
In Kostas's field just above the spring at Paradisiotissa, a relative of Michalis many years ago found a statue representing a priest with a long beard, and when one looked at it one could hardly see that anything had been broken or damaged on it. The statue was large, about the size of a man, and it came up by chance when ploughing. It was so long ago that nobody understood how to dig for more statues in the same place. Who had knowledge of such things at that time? And ever since then the field had lain undisturbed. Note: the anchors in the source were through in order; I have placed them as they fall in the translation, with– used once each.
The story seems in the highest degree probable especially since a couple of statue pieces already were found by Alfiros in the field below some a couple of years ago. In Kostas's field lies apparently a house etc. from the late Classical period (judging by the pottery) in ruins. The house has been covered with thick roof tiles which … continues
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