Not elder law: French divers discover oldest ever bust of Julius Caesar
Divers in France have found the oldest known bust of Roman dictatorJulius Cae
sar at the bottom of the River Rhone, officials have said. The marble bust was found near Arles, which was founded by Caesar. France’s culture ministry said the bust was from 46BC, the date of the southern town’s foundation. The ministry described the bust – which shows a lined face and abalding head – as typical of realist portraits of the Republican era. It said other items had been found at the same site, including a1.8m (6ft) marble statue of Neptune from the first decade of the thirdcentury AD, and two smaller statues in bronze. Divers taking part in an archaeological excavation made the discovery between September and October 2007.
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