Lady of Elche
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The Lady of Elche is a limestone bust that was discovered in 1897 in La Alcudia, an archaeological site on a private estate two kilometers south of Elche, Spain. It is now exhibited in the National Ar
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Frontal view
Color reconstruction by Francisco Vives
Depicted on the 1 Peseta banknote from 1948.
Lady of Guardamar
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Lady of Guardamar, is a limestone female bust, 50 centimetres high, dated c. 400-370 BCE. It was discovered in fragments in the Phoenician archaeological site of Cabezo Lucero in Guardamar del Segura
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…The opening in the rear of the sculpture indicates it may have been used as a funerary urn. Other artifacts associated with Iberian culture are the Lady of Guardamar—which has similar wheel-like rodetes and necklaces—and the Lady of Baza. While the Lady of Elche is a bust, there are indications that it was part of…
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