The incident, which resulted in extensive damage to the sculptures, occurred at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.
An American tourist has been arrested in Israel after allegedly smashing and severely damaging two Roman-era statues.The incident occurred at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem on Thursday, according to officials. The statues date to the 2nd century C.E. and were part of the Archeology Wing's permanent exhibition.'In a severe incident afternoon, a tourist from the U.S. intentionally caused damage to two ancient Roman statues from the second century C.E.
'The sculptures were knocked off their pedestals and had broken into several pieces. One is a marble head of the ancient Greek goddess Athena that was discovered in 1978 in Tel Naharon, northern Israel, Haaretz reported.The head was likely once part of a larger-than-life statue that may have stood more than 8 feet in height.The other sculpture is a depiction of a griffon—a horned, winged creature with a beak and the body of a lion—holding a wheel of fate representing the Roman god Nemesis.
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