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2,000-Year-Old Dancing Moses Statue Found in Ancient Turkish City
December 17, 2023
A 2,000-year-old statue has been unearthed in Turkey. Archaeologists found it during an excavation of what is currently the city of Mugla. The Turkish Culture and Tourism Ministry says it’s the Dancing Moses, or Dancing Mousa, and it was inspired by ancient mythology. They say it is the work of sculptor Philiskos, and is the only Hellenistic period original that was copied during the Roman era. Inside Edition Digital’s Mara Montalbano has more.