Rare Greek kore head found in Vulci

"The marble head of a kore, a type of free-standing statue from the Greek Archaic period (800-480 B.C.) depicting a young female figure, has been discovered in the ancient Etruscan city of Vulci, central Italy. The head of the female statue is one of only a handful of known large-scale Greek Archaic statues ever discovered outside of Greece. The kore head was found in an excavation of the area of a monumental temple discovered in 2021 as part of the ongoing Vulci Cityscape project."

"It is no coincidence that this happens in Vulci, a city open to contact through its port, recently acquired by the Ministry of Culture, and through the hinterland where already from the Orientalizing period, from the end of the 8th century B.C., all the objects, but above all the rituals, now reconstructible thanks to new diagnostic tools for archaeology, confirm to us a dynamism, a cultural permeability that still today must represent and represent our models."

A large late Archaic marble head of a kore was uncovered in Vulci within the area of a monumental temple excavated in 2021 during the Vulci Cityscape project. The sculpture shows a young woman with almond-shaped eyes, an archaic smile conveying ideal harmony, and elaborately curled, braided hair. The piece is attributed to an Attic workshop of the early 5th century B.C. and ranks among the few known large-scale Greek Archaic statues found outside Greece. The finding signals deep spiritual and politico-civil ties between Etruria and the Greek world. The head is undergoing cleaning and conservation at the Central Institute for Restoration in Rome and will be thoroughly analyzed.

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