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THE STATUE OF ÁRTEMIS EPHESIA...
This interpretation becomes even more plausible if we observe the scene
appearing on the chest (Fig. 1) of the Artemis statue which was discovered
during the excavation in Caesarea Maritima (Fig. 2). On this statue,
in the place of the Cancer, there is a female figure rising from a leaf or a flower
with the shape of a half-moon behind her. This figure, defined by modern
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