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Message:: [QUOTE="Bart9349, post: 8635720, member: 5682"][ATTACH=full]1516905[/ATTACH] The excavation of the ancient Greek colony of Phanagoria on the coast of the Black Seahas yielded some interesting findings: Russian archaeologists have unearthed an intricately detailed silver medallion of the Greek goddess Aphrodite in the 2,100-year-old grave of a young woman, possibly a priestess, on the northeastern coast of the Black Sea. The medallion also shows 10 — not the known 12 — signs of the zodiac, and gives unique insight into religious practices at that time and place. [Missing we’re the zodiac signs of Aquarius and Libra.] Some researchers have proposed that the woman in the grave was a priestess of Aphrodite, the ancient Greek goddess of beauty and love, but there's no way to be sure — although there are indications that her rings, silver earrings and other grave goods were also dedicated to the goddess. [ATTACH=full]1516906[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1516907[/ATTACH] <a href="https://www.livescience.com/ancient-greek-phanagoria-aphrodite-cult-burial" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.livescience.com/ancient-greek-phanagoria-aphrodite-cult-burial" rel="nofollow">https://www.livescience.com/ancient-greek-phanagoria-aphrodite-cult-burial</a>[/QUOTE]