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Listen to the tape then answer the question below. |
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How did the archaeologist know that the statue was a goddess? |
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Some time ago, an interesting discovery was made by archaeologists on the Aegean island of Kea |
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An American team explored a temple which stands in an ancient city on the promontory of Ayia Irini. |
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The city at one time must have been prosperous, for it enjoyed a high level of civilization. |
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Houses -- often three storeys high -- were built of stone. |
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They had large rooms with beautifully decorated walls. |
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The city was even equipped with a drainage system, for a great many clay pipes were found beneath the narrow streets. |
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The temple which the archaeologists explored was used as a place of worship from the fifteenth century B.C. until Roman times. |
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In the most sacred room of temple, clay fragments of fifteen statues were found. |
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Each of these represented a goddess and had, at one time, been painted. |
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The body of one statue was found among remains dating from the fifteenth century B.C. |
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Its missing head happened to be among remains of the fifth century B.C. |
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This head must have been found in Classical times and carefully preserved. |
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It was very old and precious even then. |
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When the archaeologists reconstructed the fragments, |
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they were amazed to find that the goddess turned out to be a very modern-looking woman. |
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She stood three feet high and her hands rested on her hips |
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She was wearing a full-length skirt which swept the ground. |
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Despite her great age, she was very graceful indeed, |
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but, so far, the archaeologists have been unable to discover her identity. |