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Today in History—April 8: The Accidental Excavation of the Venus de Milo
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The Venus de Milo, an ancient Greek marble statue of a woman with missing arms, stands on a pedestal in a grand hall with arched architecture. Orange lines highlight the statue's curves.
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April 8, 1870: A farmer excavating stone blocks from a long-crumbled wall found a statue in a hollow
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