She stood threee feets high and her hands rested on her hips.

When the archaeologists recontructed the fragments, they were amazed to find that the goddess turned out to be a very modern-looking woman.

It was very old and precious even then.

The head must have been found in Classical times and carefully preserved.

Its missing head happened to be among remains of the fifth century B.C.

The body of one statue was found among remains dating from fifteenth century B.C.

Each of these represented a goddess and had , at one time, been painted.

In the most sacred room of the temple, clay fragments of fifteen statues were found.

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The temple which the archaeologists explored was used as a place of worship from fifteen century B.C. until Roman times.